Topic: Praetorian Guard

Chris Knowles describes the United States as a totalizing national security state controlled by the military-industrial complex. He argues that the media is filled with former CIA and FBI agents who act as modern-day culture shapers similar to the ancient Roman Praetorian Guard. Knowles posits that the national security apparatus is inextricably linked to cults, sex, and ritualism, which are embedded within the power structure.

Chris Knowles analyzes the Trump administration through the archetype of Imperial Rome, comparing the influx of generals like Kelly, Mattis, and McMaster to a ruling triumvirate or the Praetorian Guard. Trump's personal aesthetic and proximity to Mithras-related statues in New Jersey are cited as evidence of a "Roman Imperial LARP." The transition from the Obama era's Egyptian themes to Trump's Caesar-like motif is presented as a shift in the elite's symbolic framework.