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Can I coin a new political term: terrorismism. It is the enlargement of all state powers over its citizens in the name of fighting terrorists.

• dragonwriter 13y ago
  Interestingly, the enlargement of state powers over its citizens in the name of fighting (boogeyman of the day) is exactly what gave "the Terror", and its architects the original "Terrorists", their names. So, "terrorismism" is just classical Terrorism.
  • Tycho 13y ago
    Who were the classical terrorists?
    • dragonwriter 13y ago
      The word "Terrorism" was coined based on the express philosophy behind the Reign of Terror in revolutionary France.