Measuring terrorism in number of historical attacks or body counts shows a lack of understanding of the goal of terrorism. I'm not saying terrorism attacks itself is the source, but the fear of terrorism (which is still essentially terrorism).
Terrorists attacks probably aren't accelerating (domestically). But politically in the last decade, it has been the source of the accelerated militarization of police [1], extreme border policies such as the TSA follies and the elimination of judicial check on executive power [1].
All signs of increased totalitarianism and all directly connected to terrorism.
Terrorists attacks probably aren't accelerating (domestically). But politically in the last decade, it has been the source of the accelerated militarization of police [1], extreme border policies such as the TSA follies and the elimination of judicial check on executive power [1].
All signs of increased totalitarianism and all directly connected to terrorism.
[1] http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/11/how-the-...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Secrets_Privilege#Elimin...