McMaken: 9/11 Was A Day Of Unforgivable Government Failure
Authored by Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute,
Perhaps more than anything else, the rationale given for the necessity of the state – and the necessity of supporting the regime at any given time – is that it “keeps us safe.” This permeates thinking about government institutions at all levels, from “thin blue line” sloganeering at the local level, all the way up to jingoism surrounding the Pentagon.