“There’s something about the role of the pope that is unlike any other role on earth,” Maddow observed, adding that if Leo “can soften people’s hearts and sharpen people’s vision on this topic, he may change the world

tl;dr: "We've infiltrated the Church far enough to transition it into a mouthpiece for our propaganda."

To the left, this is no different than buying a popular movie franchise but on a higher level. Catholicism comes with established audience who will sit through years of vile garbage before their disgust exceeds the sunk cost. And others will never be able to walk away because they made it part of their identity and won't be able to reconcile that the Church now is not the same as Church then.

“There’s something about the role of the pope that is unlike any other role on earth,” Maddow observed, adding that if Leo “can soften people’s hearts and sharpen people’s vision on this topic, he may change the world

tl;dr: "We've infiltrated the Church far enough to transition it into a mouthpiece for our propaganda."

To the left, this is no different than buying a popular movie franchise but on a higher level. Catholicism comes with established audience who will sit through years of vile garbage before their disgust exceeds the sunk cost. And others will never be able to walk away because they made it part of their identity and won't be able to reconcile that the Church then is not the same as Church now.