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>Despite its secular and liberal pretenses, the US and in particular the US government is deeply influenced by Conservative and Evangelical Christian interests

by Dig1t 2y ago

>Despite its secular and liberal pretenses, the US and in particular the US government is deeply influenced by Conservative and Evangelical Christian interests Okay so I buy this premise for sure, but what about the other part of the political spectrum? Why aren’t CNN, MSNBC, ABC etc covering this? And why aren’t liberal politicians up in arms about it? Conservatives are only half of the spectrum and I understand their religious motivation, but the other half also seems to be extremely pro-Israel. All except maybe that one senator from Minnesota seem fully in agreement with the conservatives on the issue.

krapp 2y ago
That's the entire spectrum, as far as government is concerned. I think it's a mistake to assume the left is any less religious (or willing to pander to religion) than the right, or less invested in American imperialism or the military industrial complex. Both sides have to cater to the same systemic interests to maintain power, after all. Our current Democratic President is pro military, pro cop, pro-establishment and staunchly pro Israel, thus so is his party. Most of where the parties differ (or claim to differ) are social issues that don't really threaten the status quo. We all live in our bubbles and I can't speak to what the mainstream media is doing because I don't really interact with it. On the other hand I see plenty of leftists online who are staunchly anti-Israel, for whatever that's worth. But speaking of the American left, there seems to be a deep seated fear of being seen as anti-Semitic that causes a lot of people to hold off on expressing themselves, when they don't have the internet between themselves and social consequence. Unfortunately, criticism of Israel does tend to overlap with anti-Semitism so many people simply may not want to take the risk.

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>Despite its secular and liberal pretenses, the US and in particular the US government is deeply influenced by Conservative and Evangelical Christian interests

by Dig1t 2y ago

krapp 2y ago
That's the entire spectrum, as far as government is concerned. I think it's a mistake to assume the left is any less religious (or willing to pander to religion) than the right, or less invested in American imperialism or the military industrial complex. Both sides have to cater to the same systemic interests to maintain power, after all. Our current Democratic President is pro military, pro cop, pro-establishment and staunchly pro Israel, thus so is his party. Most of where the parties differ (or claim to differ) are social issues that don't really threaten the status quo. We all live in our bubbles and I can't speak to what the mainstream media is doing because I don't really interact with it. On the other hand I see plenty of leftists online who are staunchly anti-Israel, for whatever that's worth. But speaking of the American left, there seems to be a deep seated fear of being seen as anti-Semitic that causes a lot of people to hold off on expressing themselves, when they don't have the internet between themselves and social consequence. Unfortunately, criticism of Israel does tend to overlap with anti-Semitism so many people simply may not want to take the risk.