Taliban? Handmaid's Tale? America's Dangerous Political Future #shorts

Added: 2026-06-03

[00:00:00]If we let religious fundamentalism and hard-right ideology and nationalism dictate public policy, what's there to stop us from becoming the American version of the Taliban or a society that [music] mirrors the Handmaid's Tale? I may sound a bit hyperbolic, but don't tell me that is not possible. Jesus, the prince of [music] peace himself, technically lost it. He became indignant and even berserk when he saw how religion [music] has become a business intertwined with politics. He also had a few chosen words for the Pharisees and Sadducees, two major socio-religious sects of his time.

[00:00:34]He accused both of their public display of piety while hiding their spiritual and moral bankruptcy, greed and hypocrisy, and desire for power, for being self-serving, for being removed, aloof, and unconcerned about the lives and struggles of regular people, for using religion to acquire more influence and wealth. It seems like little has changed, but I digress.