Priests & Politicians – the Mafia of The Soul

4 min read“These politicians and these priests have been constantly in conspiracy, working together hand in hand. The politician has the political power; the priest has the religious power. The politician protects the priest, the priest blesses the politician – and the masses are exploited, sucked; their blood is sucked by both.”1 Osho
See also:
Osho: Only One Thing Can Prevent Politicians From Destroying the World
Democracy – The Primary Fatal Flaw
Democracy – Towards a Democratic Meritocracy
Mother Teresa: Deceiver, Charlatan, and Hypocrite
Time to Move Over, Old Man
A Complete Democracy Is Impossible without Economic Equality – Osho
We are asking three questions:

• One, if this is illegal, why is no one prosecuted?
• Two, if it is legal, who made those laws?
• Three, then whose action or inaction allowed those lawmakers to have that power?

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