Yeah, it’s really dangerous when the religion lines up with the imperialism.
In the case of Israel, you have the base materialism that’s pushes the US to escalate there, but you also have the superstructure of holy war to cement it in the hearts of the population.
Yeah, it’s really dangerous when the religion lines up with the imperialism.
“When religion and politics ride in the same cart, when that cart is driven by a living holy man (baraka), nothing can stand in their path.” - Dune, Appendix II
IMHO the imperialism is actively involved in promoting the religious right, just like the CIA did with moonies in s Korea and Japan. It’s part of the black budget.
It really challenges the idea that nations ultimately are purely rational actors driven by resource competition. I have to remind myself sometimes that there are in fact some religious whackos tugging on the steering wheels. I don’t have a very good understanding of Iran, but I assume they have their share of that too (how could they not?)
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Yeah, it’s really dangerous when the religion lines up with the imperialism.
In the case of Israel, you have the base materialism that’s pushes the US to escalate there, but you also have the superstructure of holy war to cement it in the hearts of the population.
“When religion and politics ride in the same cart, when that cart is driven by a living holy man (baraka), nothing can stand in their path.” - Dune, Appendix II
IMHO the imperialism is actively involved in promoting the religious right, just like the CIA did with moonies in s Korea and Japan. It’s part of the black budget.
It’s not that we’re wrong about there being a base under the superstructure, we just sometimes forget that the superstructure is still involved.
Quick where’s my burning church emote?
It really challenges the idea that nations ultimately are purely rational actors driven by resource competition. I have to remind myself sometimes that there are in fact some religious whackos tugging on the steering wheels. I don’t have a very good understanding of Iran, but I assume they have their share of that too (how could they not?)
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I feel like the concept of rationality goes out the window when you start talking about larger and larger groups. :/
I posted a video that goes into it. Evangelical Christians are the largest pro-Israel lobby in the US. https://hexbear.net/post/2302220