text: The Catholic right and the political right are natural allies. Both believe in authoritarianism. Both aspire to an ideal in which the entire Western world is governed by a revived Francoism.
  
  The Catholic left and the political left are naturally incompatible. The left believes in "Power to the people!" and the Church believes in "Shut up and fork over your wallets, you ontological peons!" This is not a promising foundation for a stable political alliance.