[rolltiide]

The entire American condition is held together by paranoia. If there isn't a credible external threat then it turns on itself:

The idea of a soviet expansionist theory that actually impacts the US is laughable to enough of the population

Nobody powerful actually believes the teachings of Karl Marx except to placate their internal public

People kind of seem to understand that interference in the middle east creates danger from very specific people who dont represent everyone, not really protecting us from anything

so now that paranoia leads us to ideological introspection, in the absence of a common enemy