@KingOfWhiteAmerica @Escoffier I think that many people do not understand that only intellectually can culture, religion, and philosophy be separated. Practically, they are interwoven in people's lives. Perhaps this is why they believe that an alternate power hierarchy as found in the Papacy and its bureaucracy is simply "religious" rather than political. (Calling it a bureaucracy is not a slight either; I'm referencing it in the same context as Ludwig von Misus.)
@Bead2 @Thusnelda @DoubleD @BattleDwarfGimli @mjdigspigs @Escoffier At least they’ve thoroughly poisoned that well, by now 😩
I recognize Rome bears a historically unique share of responsibility for the course of our history over the last millennium; theirs in the very cornerstone of Western spiritual unity, and they remain the largest single religious entity in the world. I do not *blame* them for the many hard choices they had to make. I cannot pretend to know for certain whether they or anyone else “could have done better”. My intention here is all fairness and due respect.
That said, in hindsight, through True Orthodox eyes, a very long list of unfortunate mistakes and missteps have resulted in grave and tragic realities, that our children and children’s children will feel far more acutely than we shall. Whether they intended to or not, their worst legacy was the utter debasement of White European National Sovereignty - at just such a time as we’d need it most.