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** TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2022
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I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it.

– Voltaire


** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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February 15, 2022
The Official Enemies Racket ([link removed])
An essential element in any national-security state is the need to keep the citizenry afraid. If people aren’t afraid, they won’t be so eager and willing to continue flooding large amounts of taxpayer largess into the coffers of the national-security establishment. Therefore, central to any national-security state is the need for official enemies, rivals, and opponents. Fear was used to justify the conversion ...
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