"The national security state emerges from war, from fear of revolution and change, from the economic instability of capitalism, and from nuclear weapons and mil

"The national security state emerges from war, from fear of revolution and change, from the economic instability of capitalism, and from nuclear weapons and military technology. It has been the actualizing mechanism of ruling elites to implement their imperial schemes and misplaced ideals. In practical terms its emergence is linked to the rise of a bureaucracy that administered things and people in interchangeable fashion without concern for ends or assumptions."[0] -Marcus Raskin, Democracy Versus The National Security State, 1976 [0] https://archive.org/details/democracy-versus-the-national-security-state https://archive.org/details/democracy-versus-the-national-se...