The New Dark Age

Monday, 14 April 2025 — BettBeat Media

A tiny speck of a nation somehow controls the most powerful empire in human history, home to the most powerful corporate giants and the wealthiest near-trillionaires ever.

Both the American right and segments of the left operate under the illusion that the Zionist lobby controls the United States. John Mearsheimer stands prominent among those perpetuating this narrative. However, this perspective represents a dangerous misdirection that serves powerful interests.

This idea of the all-controlling “Zionist lobby” is perhaps the most convenient smokescreen in contemporary geopolitics. While many fixate on AIPAC and other pro-Israel organizations, they systematically ignore the true power players: Boeing, Blackrock, IMF, Wall Street, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, and General Dynamics, amongst others. These corporate and financial powers wield the real influence over American politicians and policy decisions.

The reality is stark yet simple: Israel does not control America—America controls Israel. The current genocide against the Palestinians could end with a single phone call from Washington. Yet its continuation serves the military-industrial complex, fossil-fuel industries and financial institutions that profit immensely from perpetual conflict.

Moral America Hijacked by the “The Jews”

The “all-powerful Zionists” trope provides the perfect lightning rod, redirecting scrutiny from these corporate behemoths. Americans across the political spectrum can comfort themselves with the fantasy that their “hijacked” country would otherwise act morally if not for this external influence. This narrative conveniently absolves American power structures and citizens from responsibility while recycling historically effective conspiracies about Jewish power—unwittingly conveying a form of Jewish supremacy even as it emerges from racist foundations.

The impact of this narrative is evident. Across this platform and other social media channels, an astonishing number of comments blame “the Jews” for the situation in Palestine and the erosion of democracy in the West. These individuals often overlook that the actions in Palestine are driven by a small segment of primarily European Zionist Jews, who are following in the footsteps of European colonialism—a practice in which the West has been at least as brutal as Israel. Consider the 15 million who were slaughtered in the Congo under Belgian rule, the 45,000 Algerians killed by the French in a single day — a single day! —, and the 100 million Indians killed by the British. Should we, then, also speak of the depravity of “the Whites” or “the ethnic Europeans“?

Meirsheimer’s theory suggests that the Zionist lobby has such formidable power, apparently, that a tiny speck of a nation of 9 million people somehow controls the most powerful empire in human history, home to the most powerful corporate giants and the wealthiest near-trillionaires ever. The absurdity of this notion—that Israel dominates America rather than the reverse—reveals how effective this misdirection truly is.

Can any rational person truly believe that a Zionist lobby wields influence over giants like Blackrock or Raytheon? The reality is precisely the inverse: Zionist interests ultimately serve these corporate behemoths, not the other way around.

Who Are the Powerful Men Behind the Curtains?

What’s particularly striking is how rarely these corporate giants enter the conversation. The discourse remains fixated on the Zionist lobby while ignoring the question of whose interests these Zionists ultimately serve. This selective blindness isn’t accidental—it’s by design.

Could you name even a single CEO or major shareholder of these immensely powerful companies? Their anonymity in public discourse speaks volumes about who truly pulls the strings.

Politicians serve merely as the public façade, a carefully crafted diversion, the ceremonial piñata absorbing public outrage while the true architects of power orchestrate domestic and foreign policy from behind impenetrable curtains.

The mythology of America as an inherently good actor led astray by Zionist influence allows for a comfortable delusion. It permits Americans to maintain their self-image as fundamentally champions of democracy and human rights while their government and corporations actively profit from and enable the very situations they claim to oppose.

The hard truth remains: Israel operates within a system dominated by American hegemony and corporate interests. Until we confront these fundamental power dynamics, expose the people behind them and abandon convenient scapegoats, we cannot hope to address the root causes of ongoing conflicts.

– Karim