chapotraphouse

The entire political system of the United States is founded on the assumption that it shall rule as the undisputed global hegemon. Absolutely nothing is off the table if the alternative is losing that position. It has spent the past century murdering dissidents at home and destroying countries abroad to maintain this position.

Israel is considered by the powers that be to be an indispensable pillar of this global system. An "unsinkable aircraft carrier in the Middle East" (their words). The ability to destroy any counter-hegemonic developments in west Asia while defending the most detestable (but more importantly, loyal) monarchical regimes is worth more to them than any pretext of civil liberties or small-r republicanism, even domestically. It is the key to maintaining global military logistics, the petro-dollar system, and preventing the Chinese Belt and Road initiative from reaching Europe.

Zionism supersedes the "right to free speech"

You've never had the rights you think you have

Look up things like the Free Speech Fights (e.g in Spokane) or shit like judges issuing injunctions against striking miners using the word 'scab'

There's two ways of looking at "rules".

What EVERYBODY can or cannot do in a particular situation. Something that explains the norms of a society, the expectations and what-not. They're supposed to apply to everybody equally (in theory).

A tool to acheive a goal. It'll be applied, worshipped, and ignored as is necessary to get to a particular end state.

nat. sec. is universal backdoor for usa (dumping on courts included), and has been since invention of atomic bomb.

Always? The us manifactured and picked its citizenry.

Since... Always lol