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Gaugamela

(3,346 posts)
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 03:30 PM 15 hrs ago

Evangelical Christianity Is Literally a CIA PSYOP

Last edited Sat Jan 31, 2026, 05:15 PM - Edit history (1)

This video describes the spread of Evangelicalism in Latin America by the CIA in support of right-wing dictatorships and US imperialism. What started in the 60s led to wars, torture, and genocidal regimes in the 70s and 80s funded by the US and explicitly supported by the likes of Billy Graham and Pat Robertson. While it doesn’t touch on the rise of Evangelicalism in the US, we are all aware of the deep ties between Christian Nationalism and fascism at home, which was supported by a small army of right-wing American oligarchs. Evangelicalism is a tool of exploitative capitalism.

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Evangelical Christianity Is Literally a CIA PSYOP (Original Post) Gaugamela 15 hrs ago OP
Yes it is. SamKnause 15 hrs ago #1
Yup, zorbasd 15 hrs ago #2
Here is a great book on the subject: markodochartaigh 15 hrs ago #3
Politics and religion use each other to gain power and wealth. Norrrm 15 hrs ago #4
Wish they had spread liberation theology instead. AloeVera 15 hrs ago #5
Yes. The video explains that the CIA program was in direct response to the rise Gaugamela 14 hrs ago #7
Nixon actually said he was worried about... AloeVera 13 hrs ago #8
Go, Drew, aka Genetically Modified Skeptic! ShazzieB 15 hrs ago #6
The brain rot exists for itself, like a virus. hunter 13 hrs ago #9
They Did The Same Playbook With Africa Deep State Witch 11 hrs ago #10

AloeVera

(4,048 posts)
5. Wish they had spread liberation theology instead.
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 03:59 PM
15 hrs ago

As if.

Instead, Latin Ametica got the evangelical opiate of the masses instead - just like at home.

Gaugamela

(3,346 posts)
7. Yes. The video explains that the CIA program was in direct response to the rise
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 04:44 PM
14 hrs ago

of liberation theology.

AloeVera

(4,048 posts)
8. Nixon actually said he was worried about...
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 05:36 PM
13 hrs ago

"Priests stand[ing] with the workers and peasants against the oligarchs and the armies".

What could be worse for the empire controlled by oligarchs and wholly dependent on the feeding of its war machine?

Chavez co-opted liberation theology, to his great success. For that, Chavismo and Venezuelans had to be starved, sanctioned, invaded, their riches stolen and their country about to be subsumed into the empire.

Deep State Witch

(12,641 posts)
10. They Did The Same Playbook With Africa
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 07:43 PM
11 hrs ago

Ever notice how many insane evangelicals are in Africa? Especially homophobic and transphobic ones? That's all because of the unholy alliance between American evangelicals and the CIA.

https://prismreports.org/2024/06/04/africa-training-ground-american-conservatives/

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