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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[-] darkmode@hexbear.net 6 points 10 months ago

yes and no. It's a great tool for forcing the compliance of a certain segment of the population but it doesn't work on everyone and that's what all the other consent tools are used for. For the most part foreign policy has been smoothed and streamlined enough to no longer require consent