They Always Tell You Why The Empire Uses Violence, But Never Why Its Enemies Do

They Always Tell You Why The Empire Uses Violence, But Never Why Its Enemies Do

One common feature of western empire propaganda is that we are always given reasons for the empire’s violence, while the violence of those who resist the empire tends to be framed as happening for no reason at all.We’ve all been fed reasons for the US-Israeli war on Iran, and we all know what those reasons are. Even less-informed members of the western public will have heard something about the Iranians being a nuclear threat, having a tyrannica…

They Always Tell You Why The Empire Uses Violence, But Never Why Its Enemies Do

Reading by Tim Foley: One common feature of western empire propaganda is that we are always given reasons for the empire’s violence, while the violence of those who resist the empire tends to be framed as happening for no reason at all. We’ve all been fed reasons for the US-Israeli war on Iran, and we all know what those reasons are. Even less-informed members of the western public will have heard something about the Iranians being a nuclear th…