A huge amount of America is Baptist Christian and believes Israel needs to be at war for Jesus to come back etc. How impactful is this to real life? (hexbear.net)

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Is American foreign policy always a cool rational neoliberal calculation or do the delusions of the general public have meaningful impact?

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[-] context@hexbear.net 21 points 10 months ago

pretty sure pence is a dominionist. christian nationalism skews hard republican because it aligns well with regional industrial capital interests and not so well with global finance capital interests, but there sure seems to be some true believers in the highest echelons of power.