How the war on terror paved the way for democratic backsliding in America
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The Economist
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Rosa Brooks argues that the post-9/11 "war on terror" fundamentally reshaped American governance and society in ways that paved the way for democratic backsliding, culminating in the January 6th Capitol attack. She draws a direct causal line from the security state, executive overreach, and erosion of civil liberties after 9/11 to the autocratic tendencies visible in modern American politics.
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LIKE VIRTUALLY every American over 40, I remember where I was when I learned of the 9/11 attacks.
Every screen showed the same things, over and over: the planes flying into the towers, the tiny shapes that were human beings leaping into nothingness, the towers collapsing, the clouds of smoke
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