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Worse. Terror (fear) is a well tested 'problem' which people are strongly conditioned to demand solutions for. 'Real' or 'Manufactured' the result is usually th
by jakeogh 11y ago
Worse. Terror (fear) is a well tested 'problem' which people are strongly conditioned to demand solutions for. 'Real' or 'Manufactured' the result is usually the same; power brokers proclaim they don't have enough power. It's an emergent effect that power will tend to expand through all means available and fear happens to be the most powerful motivator of human action. If you keep people in this state (the 'strategy of tension') they are more pliable because being in a state of fear impairs decision making.
- junto 11y agoAre you suggesting that certain power centres are deliberately turning a blind eye to potential terrorist intelligence in order to maintain the "state of tension", as long as that threat is not directly affecting their own citizens and home country? I.e. the NSA deliberately withholding intelligence from the French in order to bring the French government into the " ignore a basic right to privacy and liberty, we need you to support our bulk surveillance hard-line "? That would be pretty callous and downright Machiavellian.