Sentences with phrase «powerful ruling elite»

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Jesus condemned the oppression and marginalization of his impoverished people by the Romans and other ruling elites who sought through their unjust system of taxation to extract as much wealth as possible from the majority of people to benefit the rich, powerful, ruling elites.

It challenges the misuse of religion by ruling elites to sacralize their privileges, and it enlists the powerful symbols of faith into the conflict with despotism.

Traditionally, the people's communication processes are suppressed by those of the powerful rulers, who have controlled the message and media through the ruling elites and the established cultural and religious institutions.

Bellum Omnium Contra Omnes (A War of All Against All, 2012) is the largest and depicts fifty - two distinct art world factions engaged in Hobbesian total war stoked by the agents of the «ruling asset class» such that they are unable to unite and revolt against the powerful elites who determine their fates.