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The nomination of Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense and Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel signaled a boost to the US’s unconditional support for Israel’s expansionist policies, including the annexation of Palestinian territories driven by Christian nationalist ideologies that view Israeli control over Palestine as a fulfillment of biblical prophecy
Democracies were no longer dying at the hands of men with guns with elected governments having caused most breakdowns of democracy through democratic backsliding since the end of the Cold War
Grounded in a sort of Catholic worldview and social teaching, the post-liberal order is directed towards the preservation and proliferation of conservative and religious values, imposing traditional beliefs about women, and their roles and addressing declining birth rates with advocacy for pro-family policies
