I would argue that it isn’t just a distraction. That same threat is a large contributor to working masses not having more political power.

Grinds my gears. Fuckers will take their basis for condemning a nation literally from the same outlet they spurn when it shovels justifications for Empire’s wars.

Never to trust the West? Yeah, we got it. Some of our politicians and moneybags never will though. Capital, after all, has no national identity.