This is the reason why I down-voted you: You made a point-and-sputter non-reply that added noise and no signal. Mencius Moldbug is not the first person to make

This is the reason why I down-voted you: You made a point-and-sputter non-reply that added noise and no signal. Mencius Moldbug is not the first person to make those claims. It used to be a staple of conservative Catholic observers of Latin America, whether from the United States or elsewhere. For example, look up the works of William Thomas Walsh or Francis Clement Kelley. http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Drenched-Altars-Francis-Clement-Kelley/dp/0895553198?tag=duckduckgo-d-20 http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Drenched-Altars-Francis-Clement-... Of course, those regimes which the US government liked were almost always viciously anti-clerical so this may not be much of a surprise. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Pro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Pro