How many terrorist attacks have you heard after 9/11 in USA.
And how many terrorist attacks did we see before 9/11 and the massive increase in security? I imagine if you looked at the statistics, you'd see no correlation between massive increases in spending and safety. Please do provide figures if that is wrong (but I think you'd have to do better than counting attacks, at least used deaths caused).
Terrorism is a chimera employed to justify wars, drone strikes, and curtailment of liberty, not (IMHO) in some vast conspiracy, but just because it's a convenient and credible excuse, and life is easier in authority if you don't have laws getting in the way. Other threats to public safety are far more dangerous than terrorism anyway, and yet remain relatively neglected.
There is no proof that any of this increased 'security' actually does increase security (please provide some statistics if you have some), and what's worse, whether it works or not it sacrifices too much and gives too much arbitrary power to the government and allows them to harass without suspicion or court involvement.
And how many terrorist attacks did we see before 9/11 and the massive increase in security? I imagine if you looked at the statistics, you'd see no correlation between massive increases in spending and safety. Please do provide figures if that is wrong (but I think you'd have to do better than counting attacks, at least used deaths caused).
Terrorism is a chimera employed to justify wars, drone strikes, and curtailment of liberty, not (IMHO) in some vast conspiracy, but just because it's a convenient and credible excuse, and life is easier in authority if you don't have laws getting in the way. Other threats to public safety are far more dangerous than terrorism anyway, and yet remain relatively neglected.
There is no proof that any of this increased 'security' actually does increase security (please provide some statistics if you have some), and what's worse, whether it works or not it sacrifices too much and gives too much arbitrary power to the government and allows them to harass without suspicion or court involvement.