Episode 38: The “Spiritual”-to-MAGA Pipeline: Why Colonized Spirituality Leads to Fascism

How do people who speak of love, light, and unity end up parroting authoritarianism, white supremacy, and fascism? In this powerful and deeply needed episode of Liberatory Business, Simone Seol unpacks what she calls the “Spiritual-to-MAGA Pipeline” — the hidden patterns that transform colonized spirituality into fertile ground for oppressive ideologies.

Drawing from her own Korean shamanic lineage and examples from Catholic monastic and Buddhist traditions, Simone contrasts traditional, lineage-based spirituality with colonial spirituality — a version of “spiritual growth” that prioritizes individual transcendence over collective accountability. She explains how this shift produces people who feel entitled to “truth” while being accountable to no one, and how that mirrors the psychological conditions fascism thrives on.

You’ll learn:

• The core differences between traditional, community-embedded spirituality and colonial, extractive spirituality
• Why colonized spirituality creates perfect conditions for authoritarian thinking and supremacist ideology
• How “natural law” rhetoric has been used historically to justify fascism — and why it’s resurfacing in modern wellness spaces
• The antidote: what it actually looks like to practice spirituality in right relationship with land, elders, lineage, and community
• Why stolen medicine isn’t medicine at all — and how to recognize when “healing” practices are spiritually malnourished

If you’ve ever felt uneasy about modern spirituality or wellness spaces but couldn’t quite put your finger on why, this episode offers a clear, compassionate roadmap for understanding and changing the culture.

🎧 Listen now and start reclaiming spirituality as a force for collective liberation.