6,000 years of Death Cult control
5 years of promises to "drain the swamp"
2 years of the Death Cult reminding everyone they'll never give up control
All magicians know that "magic" isn't supernatural phenomenon.
All magic is based in lies, sleight of hand, deception, and misdirection.
Even if a magician can't figure out how another magician did a trick, he doesn't exclaim, "It must be God". He still knows it's a trick, and people are easily tricked.
Oaths are magic tricks the deceive the listener.
You think Durham will get to visit Trump in the DC Gulag before issuing a harsh reprimand to the FBI agents who will then get another promotion?
I don't speak much Hawaiian, but I don't believe Pele destroys villages because she's mad about not getting her daily sacrifice of spam musubi.
When Queen Liliuokalani sold out her people to save her own skin, was that a miracle or a magic trick?
When Dole turned Hawaii into a plantation, miracle or magic trick?
When the US military poisoned the water, miracle or magic trick?
Is "kill a haole day", a miracle or a magic trick?
Dying and rising "gods" is a recurrent theme in the fictional mythos of pop-culture. People eat that shit up and ask for seconds.
And that's how the snakes, backed by the Mormons, stole paradise and enslaved it's inhabitants before exterminating them and replacing them with cheaper asian imports.