A large segment of evangelicals have turned to a fatalistic theology where they are eternally elect and saved, and God hates everyone else. Therefore, they can do to "everyone else" whatever evil they want, because God predetermined it. Definitely not a new belief system, but it is a very self-serving one for their leaders who are angling for political power.
He just doesn't seem smart enough to engineer the first two options unless someone else is doing all the thinking for him (which seems entirely possible).
I just moved. The number of companies where I had to argue with an AI phone system that refused to let me speak to an actual person in the past month is more than 10. I'm sure that made costs cheaper, but I know that made their value go down to me.
A large segment of evangelicals have turned to a fatalistic theology where they are eternally elect and saved, and God hates everyone else. Therefore, they can do to "everyone else" whatever evil they want, because God predetermined it. Definitely not a new belief system, but it is a very self-serving one for their leaders who are angling for political power.