Irony. Seems silly, all the hitching about government chicanery and corporate alms.
The process has been going on for centuries.
When Rome decided to quit feeding Christians to the lions they opted to
become Christians and create a guaranteed method of making wealth.
If you doubt that they were successful, just watch the Papal selection
process. You can tell the Church is poverty stricken. However, their
method of obtaining cash and control is infallable.
You wonder why Chavez was so beloved by the poor in Venezuela?
ah well wgas.