In my mind what you say applies to catholicism just the same. In "the west" it's been a well complementing way of lying to ourselves about our colonial schemes

In my mind what you say applies to catholicism just the same. In "the west" it's been a well complementing way of lying to ourselves about our colonial schemes for a long time. There is still enough "systemic complexity" in terms of how Native Americans / First Nations ("tar sands", etc.) get treated in North America today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_doctrine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_doctrine