sentiments of awe, greatness and gratefulness

association with onthological terms ("omnipresence", "omniscience", "guarant of truth")

important mythical / narrative component

quasi-divine authority attributed to scripts of "founding father(s)"

faith on par with reason

tendency to interpret plethora of diverse phenomena through the BTC-prism & associated ideology (e.g. certain schools of economical thought)

if phenomenon does not fit the prism or ideology it is reduced / accommodated to it

difficulty of rational argumentation

evangelism & proselytism

It's about understanding, mastery and governance of techniques and technologies which are opaque to "great many".

[Never underestimate
/Ummon says/

the power of a few beads

and trinkets

and bits of glass

over avaricious natives]

"Macht bedeutet jede Chance, innerhalb einer sozialen Beziehung den eigenen Willen auch gegen Widerstreben durchzusetzen, gleichviel worauf diese Chance beruht." 

"The probability that one actor within a social. relationship will be in a position to carry out his own will despite resistance, regardless of the basis on which this probability rests." (Max Weber, Economy & Society)