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The impulse behind one act is inclusive, welcoming persecuted minorities. This is fundamentally egalitarian and strengthens society.
The other is intended as part of a drive for cultural hegemony where a specific ingroup is underlined as sovereign. A hierarchial society of a majority of innate winners and, importantly, subgoups of losers/outsiders (to be feared/hated) is the backbone of fascism.
Of course, a single piece of straw will not break society's back and manifest fascism on its own but pressure towards it is created by an aggregation of such straw.
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")?