# It's Obnoxious For Westerners To Criticize The Targets Of The Western Empire

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Podcast: [JOHNSTONE](https://stenobird.com/podcast/johnstone-939221)
Published: 2026-08-24T03:19:10+00:00
Episode link: https://soundcloud.com/going_rogue/its-obnoxious-for-westerners
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## Resource

It's crazy this even needs to be said, but if you are a westerner your ONLY job is to oppose the abuses of the western empire. Not Iran. Not China. Not Russia, Cuba or North Korea. Reading by Tim Foley.

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