"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed -- and hence clamorous to be led to safety -- by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary."
The Power of Nightmares series of videos covers it nicely. First, there was the fear of Communism to be exploited, and then when that evaporated, fear of Al Qaeda took its place.
It's interesting- I was gong to say that this is something Snowy would have on his blog and here he is, is making a comment. Of course, he hasn't got all the lovely graphics and terrific photos you've got here. ; D
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