A Random Thought on the Religious Right

The ideology of the religious right (RR) is, in many ways, the polar opposite of libertarianism. The aim of the RR is to gain political power and compel people to live as the leaders of the RR dictate. Today, the dupes of the RR are motivated and mobilized around abortion and the “homosexual agenda”, but if the RR is ever victorious in these areas it will have to crusade against some other “sin” or category of “sinners” until the minutest details of our lives have been regulated. The cycle will continue until society has achieved perfection as perceived by the leaders of the RR. Think Taliban on steroids.

The RR is all about limiting preferences; therefore, the ascendancy of the RR will eliminate the problem of central planning in the economy. Since the state will decide what everyone needs or ought to need, the state will have perfect knowledge to direct and plan production. There will be no need for wasteful competition or risky enterprise. Is that what the business interests that use the GOP as a political vehicle had in mind when they built a coalition with the RR?