interpreting everything as a fear manipulation strategy comes from a result of confirmation bias, and is not critical thinking

interpreting every action on it's own, and considering all potential factors that may have led to the action, is critical thinking

while our self-proclaimed elite DO manipulate public opinion through fear and deceit, they are not the only factor in every action

islam has it's own history, separate from the West.It is not even a single calculating actor of it's own, due to schisms within islam