D13: Counts Cheapen God and Country

Extreme money can turn any regular problem in America into an extreme threat. Elite, entitled Counts endanger America by wielding extreme E8, E9, E10, E11 Money Counts to:

• Pretend their clockwork gains are approved by God. Counts know that their gains in Free Income are as automatic as a clock. With no special effort, skill, or faith required, they receive endless, increasing streams of Free Income. But some Counts pretend that their clockwork gains are an expression of God’s favor.
• Use religious faith as branding. Even when they are not true believers themselves, some Counts playact religious faith as self-promotional advertising. They use sacred religious symbols for their own branding.
• Hide their failure to love their neighbors. When Counts perform religious faith, it can be a way to turn attention away from their own bad behavior. These Counts may hope we won’t notice their failure to love the American neighbors they have already left behind.
• Pretend their Money Counts are an American “win.” Counts know that Free Income is how they hoard the Public Gains of America for themselves alone. But some promote the make-believe that their collections of extreme money are trophies of America’s greatness.
• Use patriotism as branding. Counts are always ready to flee America, if their extreme Money Counts are ever challenged. But some Counts still playact patriotism as self-promotional advertising. They use cherished symbols of America just for their own branding.
• Hide their failure to care for American neighborhoods. When Counts perform patriotism, it can be a way to distract from how they take out our Public Gains for self gain. Counts may hope we won’t notice they no longer live in or care for our American neighborhoods.