this guy has turned passive-aggressiveness into an art form. also:

“Lacking this foundation, (democracy) risks becoming either ⁠a majoritarian tyranny or a mask for the dominance of ​economic and technological elites,” said Leo in the letter.

delicious, especially “majoritarian tyranny”.

In Tuesday’s letter, the pope said the Catholic Church taught that power could not be seen as an end in ​itself “but as a ​means ordered toward ⁠the common good”.

“This implies that the legitimacy of authority depends not on the accumulation of economic ​or technological strength, but on the wisdom and ​virtue ⁠with which it is exercised,” said Leo.

Wisdowhat? Vir . . Tyooo? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯