Empires can’t be ruled without belief.

1. declare a crisis.
2. spread panic.
3. take emergency measures.

If you do this over and over, you end up with permanent crisis, permanent panic, permanent emergency rule.

Until you get emergency fatigue.

Freaked out over a hot air balloon? I'm more freaked out about watching a guy put a fucking girls bathing suit and then beat them on the swim team. Our military cant claim victimhood on this. Like they don't pull the same kind of shit everywhere in the world.