Bat Shit Insane Religious Fanaticism Is A Requirement For U.S. Empire Managers

Bat Shit Insane Religious Fanaticism Is A Requirement For U.S. Empire Managers

Jan. 21, 2025

THE U.S. EMPIRE - FOLLOW THE MONEY

Caitlin Johnstone

During her Senate confirmation hearing for UN ambassador, Trump nominee Elise Stefanik was asked by Senator Chris Van Hollen if she agreed with Israeli Nazis Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotritch that Israel has a “Biblical right” to the West Bank. Stefanik said yes.

It’s so wild how bat shit insane religious delusions are almost a prerequisite for acceptance in the highest echelons of Official Washington. These confirmation hearings are like,

“Are you mentally ill enough to do U.S. foreign policy?”

“Yes, I have the requisite mental illnesses to do U.S. foreign policy.”

“Your brain is a festering stew of psychosis and you have trouble distinguishing fantasy from reality?”

“Yes, I promise that is the case.”

The world is ruled by religious fanatics with nukes. If a normal person says they’re the second coming of Jesus Christ they get medicated and institutionalized. If you make equally insane religious claims on the Senate floor, they let you run an empire.

Domestic laws exist because it would never do for the masses to start killing the rich and powerful and taking back what’s been stolen from them. The ruling tyrants pretend international laws exist in order to justify “humanitarian interventions” and economic sanctions against disobedient governments. In all cases what we’re really seeing is the people with the guns and the bombs dictating how everyone else is allowed to act. That’s not the rule of law, it’s just garden variety totalitarianism with some narrative spin painted overtop it.

We will never live in a world where true justice is allowed to flourish as long as we are dominated by a tyrannical globe-spanning empire. Until then we remain in this wild west environment where the biggest band of thugs with the biggest guns make the rules.

Reading by Tim Foley

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