Charlie StrossMar 13

The Atlantic: Why Trump Didn’t Plan for the Strait of Hormuz

In wartime, the enemy always gets a vote.

(These people are deeply unserious. I mean, they *must* be old enough to remember the 1980-88 tanker war and the vital role the Straits of Hormuz played back then, right?)

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/03/hormuz-strait-iran-oil/686365/

Why Trump Didn’t Plan for the Strait of Hormuz

In wartime, the enemy always gets a vote.

The Atlantic
Show threadHighlandLawyerMar 13
@cstross
Part of the Christofacist Revelations cosplay is "The eagle will fall"; it's a death cult, after the wars, plagues, & famine, the ultimate collapse of the USA is part of the plan.
Show threadstingrazMar 13
@HighlandLawyer @cstross
I get the feeling that apocalyptic Christian extremism is basically Christianity-as-a-cargo-cult. They have a story of Rapture and Reward that they do not (are not allowed to) understand the deeper meaning of, being literalists. That story tells them that their savior and his kingdom will return after some series of events. Ergo, if they make these events occur, Jesus will come back and give them their due. It can't be a prediction, it has to be an instruction manual.
Show threadEric the half-a-bee

@stingraz @HighlandLawyer @cstross

I saw a short film on Instagram that told that there were two versions of the #CargoCult still active in #Vanuatu. One, perhaps the originals, wait for the second coming of some unknown American WW2 general, whom they know as John Frum who will return and bring them gifts of”cargo” for their devotion (and model airfield complete with planes ?)

The second group worships the late Duke of Edinburgh, who will perform the same function for them.

#JohnFrum #WW2

Mar 14 at 6:05amWeb