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Apple Park headquarters in Cupertino, California (Unsplash_Carles Rabada)

Apple Park headquarters in Cupertino, California (Unsplash_Carles Rabada)

The Unlikely Alliance Between Culture War Catholics and Tech Bro Billionaires

David DeCosse, director, religious and Catholic ethics, published by National Catholic Reporter.

The tech bro billionaires for Trump say we are facing a crisis of civilization. These men have put their immense wealth behind the populist nationalism of Donald Trump, and culture-war Catholicism in the United States has gone alone for the ride.

"The fact is that today vast tech systems of wealth and power depend for their endurance on the denial of empathy and the creation of enemies," DeCosse writes.

 

David DeCosse, director, religious and Catholic ethics, published by National Catholic Reporter.

Jun 5, 2025
Ethics
media, religion

Apple Park headquarters in Cupertino, California. Image by Carles Rabada via Unsplash.