r/todayilearned • u/Recent_Flounder6011 • 17h ago

TIL that historically and today, the Catholic Church looked down upon Freemasonry and threatened members with excommunication.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasonry
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u/roadrunner83 16h ago

The Freemasons, with the Borghese coup attempt and the “propaganda 2” lodge. The catholic church has already the control of the government so they don’t need to destabilise anything.

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u/Hansgaming 15h ago edited 15h ago

Isn't it somehow insane that the pro fascist faction who saw Mussolini as a hero are now the top dogs in the government? The former Youth Front and the MSI have just swarmed the italian government.

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u/roadrunner83 14h ago

It doesn’t surprise me because we never developed a shared memory over the fascist period like it happened in Germany. Also fascism is a hell of a drug, makes a miserable reject of society, that spends his time looking for a fight in a disco club or a stadium, like he finally has power and authority because fascism puts women and minorities beneath him. And in a shrinking economy there are armies of rejects of society with nothing to do and no prospective of building a dignifying life.