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From my horizon the entire security debacle have never been about actually keeping the populations safe - it's there to keep them worried about "the enemy" and
by np422 13y ago
From my horizon the entire security debacle have never been about actually keeping the populations safe - it's there to keep them worried about "the enemy" and keep them compliant with both funding requests and authorities in general.
As of today neither USA or countries in western Europe can be considered police states.
But if we keep on travelling in the same direction we are going now, that's where we'll end up.
- bediger4000 13y agoExactly! After "Communists!" went away in the early 90s, the US Government and the associated "defence contractors" found the money a lot tighter. Although I'm pretty sure they didn't create 9/11, or just let it happen, the US Government and the defence contractors have sure jumped on the "Terrorists!" wagon. The War on Terror is just the boogie man that Containing Communism used to be.