Pretty much the same thing that happened 600 years ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninety-five_Theses
“It detailed Martin Luther’s opposition to what he saw as the Roman Catholic Church’s abuse and corruption by Catholic clergy, who were selling plenary indulgences, which were certificates supposed to reduce the temporal punishment in purgatory for sins committed by the purchasers or their loved ones.
“In the Theses, Luther claimed that the repentance required by Christ in order for sins to be forgiven involves inner spiritual repentance rather than merely external sacramental confession. He argued that indulgences led Christians to avoid true repentance and sorrow for sin, believing that they could forgo it by obtaining an indulgence.”
You have got to be kidding.
January 6 does resemble an Inquisition.
The writer of the piece, I assume an employee of a newspaper misses a big point when he says that printing presses were controlled by the ‘elites’ of the time. Martin Luther’s 95 Theses were rapidly copied and sold by owners of the brand new printing press. Thus his ideas quickly spread throughout much of Germany.
The powers-that-were quickly cracked down on this dangerous liberty of spreading the word. Laws were passed requiring government approval for things printed. Not unlike the government wanting control of the internet today.
“We’ll tell you what to read and think”
Martin Luther is a Hero of The Faith!