Mormon settlers killed or displaced indigenous people and then immediately created a monopoly on all the trade and industries in the land they settled. The Mormon church owns a 100+ billion (with a b) investment portfolio and they’re one of the largest land owners in the US
Sounds like the based tight knit religious community a lot of people on deprogram sub would argue for, basically communism! (/s for the first part, sadly likely not /s for the second)
afaik they do believe in communism in a sense, but they refuse to practice it until President Jesus Christ returns from space to become the CEO of church.
Church elder #1 calls Church elder #2.
“You don’t know - do you? Turn on the news.”
“What channel?”
“Any channel.”
He turns on news. They are replaying the press conference for the nth time. “I, President Jesus Christ, have returned from space to become the CEO of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints effective immediately…”
"Oh, fffff— fiddlesticks.
“Fiddlesticks is right. We’re fiddlesticks’d. I was about to buy that condo in Vail.”
“How about me? The addition to my house is only one-third done.”
“But I thought the money came from—”
“You know where the money came from.”
“Oh, right. Do you think he’s going to ask for an immediate audit?”
“No.”
“No?”
“No. You’re not thinking clearly at all. He already knows. Son of God. Hello? Anybody home.”
“Oh my.”
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