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The entire enterprise of conservatism is dedicated to protectingwhat conservatives see as a natural hierarchy. When you add in the religious fanaticism now present on the Supreme Court, you see that natural hierarchy as established by God. The rich are rich because God favors them. God ordained that the poor be poor, and there's nothing to be done about it.

What makes this brand of fanaticism so interesting is that its adherents feel that they must enforce this natural order, and make sure the poor know that it's their natural lot, and that God's anointed are here, apparently, to make their condition worse. The irony here is that the fanatics believe that the Almighty needs their help in making the wretched more miserable. Why should any being called the Almighty need the help of us lowly humans? After all, there is plenty of misery in the world without our heaping more on on purpose.

It's our fellow humans who need our help, not the Almighty.

The Supreme Court's recent rulings have chipped away at the wall between church and state (Carson v. Makin); made it easier for people to get guns (New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen); and made it impossible for women in many states to get an abortion (Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization).

It's that final ruling I'm out concerned with today, but I'll say a little about the others, too.

In this second Gilded Age, the income gap between rich and poor has grown into a yawning chasm. The super-rich have started their own private space programs, while the poorest Americans are denied a minimum wage high enough to feed themselves. In light of this, the overturning of Roe v. Wade tells a poor woman that, no matter how she got pregnant, or whatever the condition of her fetus, she cannot abort it. She must accept the consequences of her actions.

The rich have their own discreet means of getting their wives and daughters out of trouble.

Imagine. Well, you don't have to imagine, because it's now reality.

God forbid that if a woman (of necessity helped by a man) makes a mistake and does not want a baby (perhaps because she's too young, or lives in grinding poverty), she be allowed to save her own future and not carry the burden of supporting that child to adulthood.

God forbid that if a woman is raped, she be allowed to prevent that child from being brought into the world.

God forbid that a woman who is carrying a child with a serious birth defect be allowed to prevent a child's lifetime of misery by aborting it.

God forbid that a woman should seek to remove a child that has died in her womb before term.

God forbid that any poor woman be allowed to ease her own burden. No, the poor must accept their lot and accept any increased burden life heaps on them. After all, it's their sinful behavior that got them pregnant in the first place.

Meanwhile, the rich are forgiven everything. They are allowed to misbehave because they can afford it.

The other two decisions (guns and religious "rights") make an interesting combination with the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Making it easier for anyone to get a gun swells the ranks of the two opposing camps: bad guys with guns, and self-righteous assholes with guns.

The proliferation of guns makes life so much more interesting. Self-righteous assholes with guns (George Zimmerman) will be making their own mistakes and killing not necessarily bad guys with guns, but the unarmed (Trayvon Martin) at greater rates. Occasionally, they'll be mistaking their own family members for intruders.

Coupled with the tearing down of the wall between church and state, the individual's right to carry military-grade weapons will make everyone ready for any future religious wars that living in a theocracy normally produces. After all, declaring ours a Christian country, while denying non-Christians their religious freedom, brings up the interesting question of who is a Christian and who isn't. When religion and politics are unmixed, such questions are matters of civilized theological discussion. But when religion confers political power, the question of who is a real Christian turns deadly. The existence of rival religious militias during the Lebanese Civil War provides a pattern for America's own future as a "Christian nation." Who is, and who isn't, a Christian? A Mormon? A Catholic? A Baptist? Which kind of Baptist? A Methodist? A Jehovah's Witness? A Seventh Day Adventist? Well, that can be sorted out in our AK 47-saturated country, no problem.

The religious fanatics in the Supreme Court are rushing us as fast as they can towards a society that is unlivable. A society no sane person would want to bring a child into. A society where a woman might want to have an abortion.

Link:
Religious fanatics are now running the country - Daily Kos