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minus-squareMohamed@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 month agoExcept that he has no executive power over those people.
minus-squareqaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-21 month agoAnd he is also elected (not by the people, but elected nontheless)
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoHe has some. He has direct control over church matters, and a lot of people willingly follow the church. So if the church says “no red meat on Fridays”, the people will do that.
minus-squareeronth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoYeah, but not in an enforced way.
minus-squareAristoxene@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoThis is not how it works.
Except that he has no executive power over those people.
And he is also elected (not by the people, but elected nontheless)
*anymore.
He has some. He has direct control over church matters, and a lot of people willingly follow the church. So if the church says “no red meat on Fridays”, the people will do that.
Yeah, but not in an enforced way.
This is not how it works.