{"id":1036,"date":"2008-01-29T15:22:41","date_gmt":"2008-01-29T20:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/01\/29\/the-power-of-nightmares\/"},"modified":"2008-01-29T17:12:18","modified_gmt":"2008-01-29T22:12:18","slug":"the-power-of-nightmares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/01\/29\/the-power-of-nightmares\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Nightmares"},"content":{"rendered":"

An interesting BBC Video that explores the origins of Islamic Fundamentalism and Neo-conservatism<\/a>. Well worth the time it takes to watch.<\/p>\n

“Both [the Islamists and Neoconservatives] were idealists who were born out of the failure of the liberal dream to build a better world. And both had a very similar explanation for what caused that failure. These two groups have changed the world, but not in the way that either intended. Together, they created today’\u0092s nightmare vision of a secret, organized evil that threatens the world. A fantasy that politicians then found restored their power and authority in a disillusioned age. And those with the darkest fears became the most powerful.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An interesting BBC Video that explores the origins of Islamic Fundamentalism and Neo-conservatism. Well worth the time it takes to watch. “Both [the Islamists and Neoconservatives] were idealists who were born out of the failure of the liberal dream to build a better world. And both had a very similar explanation for what caused that… Continue reading The Power of Nightmares<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[385,38],"class_list":["post-1036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-society","tag-politics","tag-video","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-gI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":553,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2005\/06\/23\/kelo-v-city-of-new-london\/","url_meta":{"origin":1036,"position":0},"title":"Kelo v. 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