Re:In Wake of Charlie Hebdo Attack, Let’s Not Sacrifice Even...
by Zigurd on Thursday January 08, 2015 @07:07PM
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Small groups of violent extremists have no chance to overthrow a modern democracy, with or without a surveillance/security state.
The effect of those attacks is, however, pernicious if we let it be so. They are an excuse for authoritarians and reactionaries to build a surveillance/security state. And if a nation drifts into oligopoly and a weak well-managed "democracy lite" the pantywaist Hobbesians will defend that situation by saying "but but but... terrorism!"
The effect of those attacks is, however, pernicious if we let it be so. They are an excuse for authoritarians and reactionaries to build a surveillance/security state. And if a nation drifts into oligopoly and a weak well-managed "democracy lite" the pantywaist Hobbesians will defend that situation by saying "but but but... terrorism!"