You haven't heard of the peculiar "prosperity theology" types, have you? There are many who follow a doctrine which states wealth is proof of God's blessings, and poverty is His judgement. It's utterly perverse in its twisting of Jesus.
As for politics, there is a correlation between prosperity and the scope of political control. I assert a political class requires a host upon which it can feed, and the healthier the host, the bigger the parasite can become. The US proclaims itself the "land of the free," but we have confiscatory taxes, heavy regulation, corporate cronyism, trade restrictions, and other massive economic interventions, to say nothing of the national fiscal system.
A free economy, voluntary association, and non-interventionist foreign policy would be real progress, but despite the rhetoric, we are speeding away from that politically.
Conscription is slavery. A national debt is selling future generations into indentured servitude just to pay off the interest through taxes. And border policy is sold as protecting the people, but it only served to restrict opportunity on both sides of the border.
Thank you so much for your detailed reply. Learned a lot. Yes, I have heard about the prosperity theology in recent years. However, we have a more sinister problem to deal with that is cult churches. They wield enormous power due to massive wealth. They encourage members to donate away all their life savings and then stay childfree. Pig butchering scams and job recruitment scams too contributed to numerous suicidal cases after victims lost all of their hard earned life savings.
We have those here in the US, but usually not connected to religion. More often it's related to insurance, investment, and crypto scams masquerading as legitimate businesses. Part of the library plan includes hosting financial literacy programs so people can hopefully learn to spot common forms of financial fraud. Megachurches are suspicious mainly because they funnel money into the pockets of the pastor. If your preacher drives a nicer car than anyone in the congregation, something is sketchy. But it's not usually in the form of those bug fraud one-and-done schemes. It's a perverse long-term wealth siphon draining the pockets of people who truly believe they are tithing to God while the pastor pays off a Mercedes.