The New Domestic War on Terror Has Already Begun -- Even Without the New Laws Biden Wants
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The Department of Homeland Security just issued its fourth danger bulletin this year.
Despite the fact that *none* has yet happened, both the weapons and rhetorical tactics of the first War on Terror are increasingly visible.
Despite the fact that *none* has yet happened, both the weapons and rhetorical tactics of the first War on Terror are increasingly visible.
Virtually every authoritarian power that made the first War on Terror so menacing to core civil liberties -- domestic surveillance, domestic no-fly lists for citizens, CIA interference in domestic politics -- are being weaponized in the name of this new domestic War on Terror.
Fear is crucial for state authority. Without it, the population questions decrees and resists assertions of new power. But when citizens are filled with fear, they acquiesce to virtually everything in its name. That's the current US Govt project:
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