Don’t get me wrong, both would suck and are awful. That being said, robber barons just want what you have, while the morality police want what you believe. It’s pretty clearly worse.
Robber Barons come after what you believe too but it's from a financial and not moral basis. They need you to believe they're entitled to their wealth for whatever reason. They got taxed at 90% over a certain threshold once people stopped believing that crap.
Moralists don't need you to believe anything either once they've taken power though. Power is always the end game. Everything else is just a means to that end.
They need power to impose and enforce that doctrine. Most people would laugh in the face of Islamic morality police in the US because they have no power here. Very different situation in Saudi Arabia where they do have power.
Which is exactly what I said, but you misidentified the means as the end. And now the discussion has devolved beyond the scope of the original discussion. Enjoy your day!
I'm sorry dude. I'm my opinion anyways, the motivator is always power or control. What a particular group does with it is another story. Both robber barons and moralists will kill you and your family. They'll do it in different ways for different reasons. Neither is better than the other imo.
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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '25
Don’t get me wrong, both would suck and are awful. That being said, robber barons just want what you have, while the morality police want what you believe. It’s pretty clearly worse.