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The tradcaths seem confused about what religion they belong to. You don't like the pope? Tough shit, the cardinals pick the Pope, not the laiety. Oh you wanna really be trad and go back to papal selection from pre-1059? Ok then the current Pope picks the next one, or the King of Bohemia or whoever picks the Pope. You don't meaningfully participate. Deal with it.
It gets worse yet, in Catholic doctrine the pope is not just elected by a bunch of old men, the holy ghost is interceding in the election, making the pope selected by God.
When tradcaths are mad about who get to be pope, they are being mad at God.
In their defense, a lot of lay Catholics are extremely ignorant of the mystical and theological foundations of their religion.
And that especially includes the radtrads/tradcaths, who are some of the most performative "Christians" I've ever met.