# Empire Managers Invent Fake Threats So We Won't Fight The Real Monsters

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Podcast: [JOHNSTONE](https://stenobird.com/podcast/johnstone-939221)
Published: 2026-07-04T02:36:15+00:00
Episode link: https://soundcloud.com/going_rogue/empire-managers-invent-fake
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Western politics is mostly just empire managers making up fake problems to fight so they don't have to address the real problems. Can't stop waging wars or the western empire will collapse. So they make up fake threats from dictators and tyrants and take action to stop them. Can't stop inflating the military budget and circling the planet with more and more war machinery or the military-industrial complex will stop reaping profits. So they tell you to be afraid of Muslims and "terrorists" and Russia and China and take action to protect you from them. Can't stop polluting the world and destroying the biosphere or capitalism will perish. So they split us into two mainstream warring factions arguing about culture war wedge issues and promise to protect each faction from the other side. Reading by Tim Foley.

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