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"Christian Nationalism is the American Taliban" - USA protest (midwest.social)

submitted 3 months ago by RoundSparrow@midwest.social to c/MindDump@midwest.social

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"The extremists are afraid of books and pens. The power of education frightens them. They are afraid of women. The power of the voice of women frightens them." - Malala fighting Taliban.

https://malala.org/news-and-voices/malala-un-speech

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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I think there's one factor that ties the two together that people regularly overlook. Both modern US Christian Nationalism and Afghani Taliban conservatism are grounded in a reactionary response to local drug epidemics. In fact, both are being driven by the opium trade. And - even more notably - an opium trade that originated in Afghanistan before flowing into East Asia and the Americas.

Alright, ok I hadn't seen someone argue this to me straight out like that before, I think that is a reasonable basis for comparison especially given the role the US and other European imperial powers have played in driving drug wars in a multidimensional way.