This culture of fear Trump is enabling is what we feared would take root after 9/11, but didn't. It is born of his own fear, not any threat
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A culture of fear that allowed that to happen, that enabled pre-emptive war doctrine and drones in several countries? It took root.
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Not in people's heads generally, it didn't. It felt like a clumsy imposition/security theater to most.
However inappropriate or misguided the response, 9/11 was an external event, this is internally manufactured fear
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I see what you mean; i'd say it's an escalation of existing trends rather than something new though. Been ISIS's plan for years.

