by Jon Forrest Little, Silver Seek:
Tyrants and authoritarian rulers have often manufactured crises or exploited existing ones to instill fear and exert greater control over the population. This “crisis playbook” has been employed throughout history, from ancient times to the present day. Here are some notable examples:
- In ancient Rome, emperors like Tiberius and Caligula would fabricate conspiracies and threats to justify increased repression and consolidation of power.
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- During the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror, the Jacobin leaders like Robespierre used the threat of foreign invasion and internal enemies to justify mass executions and a climate of fear.
- Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union manufactured crises like the “Doctors’ Plot” and other alleged conspiracies to purge rivals and cement his dictatorship.
- Adolf Hitler capitalized on the Reichstag fire in 1933 to declare a state of emergency and suspend civil liberties in Germany.
- Saddam Hussein in Iraq raised the specter of foreign threats and internal dissent to brutally suppress the Kurdish and Shiite populations.
- The Syrian regime under Bashar al-Assad deliberately enabled the growth of jihadist groups like ISIS to portray the uprising against him as a terrorist threat, justifying his violent crackdown.
- The USA’s 251 wars since 1990s are perfect examples of manufactured crisis.
- The Covid War engineered by US gain of function research is another great example
- Blowing up Building 7 on 9-11 (inside job / controlled demolition) another inglorious manufactured crisis.
A new era of naked imperialism was thus unleashed beginning in 1991. According to the Congressional Research Service, the United States has launched a total of 251 military interventions in foreign countries since the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991, as compared to 469 over its entire history. In the words of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, the United States is “the most warlike nation in the history of the world.” All of this has led in recent years to the development of more all-encompassing analyses of the history of U.S. militarism and imperialism (Congressional Research Service, Instances of Use of U.S. Armed Services Abroad, March 8, 2022; Ben Norton, “U.S. Launched 251 Military Interventions Since 1991, and 469 Since 1798,” Geopolitical Economy, September 13, 2022; Brett Wilkins, “Jimmy Carter: US ‘Most Warlike Nation in the History of the World,’” Common Dreams, April 18, 2019).
Wars and military interventions can often be viewed as manufactured crises engineered by powerful nations to advance their strategic interests. Here are some ways in which wars resemble manufactured crises:
- They are frequently initiated by political leaders and special interest groups pursuing specific agendas, rather than being purely defensive or reactionary measures. Political entrepreneurs may deliberately provoke or exaggerate threats to justify military action.
- Wars allow nations to expand their spheres of influence, secure access to natural resources in other countries, and open up new markets for economic exploitation. Manufactured crises provide pretexts for such interventions.
- The rhetoric surrounding wars often involves portraying the adversary as an existential threat, creating an atmosphere of fear and crisis among the domestic population. This climate of perpetual crisis can be politically useful.
- Major military campaigns require mobilizing public opinion and resources on a massive scale. Manufactured crises are a tool to rally support for such efforts.
- Like other manufactured crises, wars concentrate power in the hands of the executive branch and allow circumvention of normal legislative processes under the pretext of emergency.
- The costs and human tolls of wars are often severely underestimated by those orchestrating them, as crises are calculatedly portrayed as short-term emergencies.
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