The sad thing is that traditional workplace rules reward the centralized,
authoritarian power structure, whereas the person on the «bottom» takes orders and asks no questions.
The government should not through exercise of
authoritarian power take by force the property of another for redistribution in a manner chosen by the government.
But in the ironies of history (or the strange ways of divine providence) the Ukraine crisis, in which Kirill has been duplicitous and Hilarion mendacious, just might initiate a break in this historic pattern of Orthodoxy playing lap dog to
authoritarian power among the eastern Slavs.
Do you think
an authoritarian power overseas has managed to compromise the U.S. government?
The incidents of martyrdom of many Christians under
the authoritarian powers of the third world are expressions of political resistance.
And when you attach an angry God to
an authoritarian power structure, be that in the Church or in civil government, you have a recipe for real social calamity.
To make matters worse, the specific referendum Çavuşoğlus wants to campaign for is seen as further increasing
the authoritarian power of Erdoğan's government.