top | item 32530654 (no title) _alxk | 3 years ago The "war on terror", like the "war on drugs", is a misnomer though; it's not really a war (although a couple of wars were waged as part of it, or alongside it). discuss order hn newest RandomLensman|3 years ago Fair enough. WW1 spawned things like DORA in the UK, for example.Edit: And WW2 saw another massive increase of the "state", so not sure war does generally shrink administrative systems. inglor_cz|3 years ago If you lose the war decisively, you have a chance to rebuild the state from scratch, including the legal system.As a winner, though, you face the task of trying to shrink an administrative system that just won a war. load replies (1)
RandomLensman|3 years ago Fair enough. WW1 spawned things like DORA in the UK, for example.Edit: And WW2 saw another massive increase of the "state", so not sure war does generally shrink administrative systems. inglor_cz|3 years ago If you lose the war decisively, you have a chance to rebuild the state from scratch, including the legal system.As a winner, though, you face the task of trying to shrink an administrative system that just won a war. load replies (1)
inglor_cz|3 years ago If you lose the war decisively, you have a chance to rebuild the state from scratch, including the legal system.As a winner, though, you face the task of trying to shrink an administrative system that just won a war. load replies (1)
RandomLensman|3 years ago
Edit: And WW2 saw another massive increase of the "state", so not sure war does generally shrink administrative systems.
inglor_cz|3 years ago
As a winner, though, you face the task of trying to shrink an administrative system that just won a war.