Reply #3: two things -- first is easy --

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the media -- which is direct corporate representation -- keeps the populace under a constant barage of fear.
i.e. fox news, wapo, wa times, even the nytimes, etc
they do this because a ''virtuous, believing citizenry'' is malleable.

second -- this is harder -- fundamentalism has morphed the message.
i.e. a peace loving christ -- a social justice loving christ -- to a warrior, hating, get a job christ.
that's a vast over-simplification and over looks visions of grandeur that nationalize their vision of the faith --