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Correct me if I'm wrong, but there's nothing in the Ten Commandments that is inherently unegalitarian.
There is no commandment that says "thou shalt steal from minorities" or "thou shalt give preferred treatment to the rich and powerful". It does not create any in- or outgroups either — everyone is considered worthy of the same protection, and I don't think I need to explain how not stealing, not killing, not lying, and not being envious of others strengthens society.
It seems to me that you are projecting an awful lot onto this text that isn't actually there.
The first rule is that you literally can not have any god except for the Christian one.
Okay, how about Jesus's rendition of the commandments as found in Matthew 19:18 (which basically drops the first three, and replaces the last two with "love your neighbor")?
You're wrong.
There, you've been corrected.
Why did you post a selfie?
We all know what Catholic fanatics look like, thank you.
The Bible and it's mostly commendable teachings are an uncritically examined votive for a cargo cult that is being weaponised against America's democracy. What the ten commandments are, or are not, is immaterial. The critical lesson is the hegemony of Christians over non-Christians and, most importantly, distilled to the naturalness/righteousness of hegemony/hierarchy.
It is a thin entering wedge that is intended to open up the possibility of inculcating children with divisive conceptions and undermining critical thinking.
Yes the ten commandments could be put up on the wall with egalitarian intentions but that is implicitly not the case with the MAGA movement.