And now, the magical thinking is back with a vengeance, and the westerners descend on them under both pretexts.

I want to add-on that when it comes to the elites, everything’s mostly just window-dressing after the core values of domination, power, wealth exploitation, etc. Religion and magical-thinking can factor in somewhat, but mostly that’s just for show. The orange thing some years back holding a photo-op in front of a church, holding their sacred book upside down is almost iconic of all that…