War has regularly had very quick effects in consolidating power, beating up an enemy that was already on a shit list, shutting down dissenting opinion at home, and strengthening internal spy agencies and secret police. Just look at how the Sedition Act of 1918 worked right after World War I and the Homeland Security Act after 9/11.
War has regularly had very quick effects in consolidating power, beating up an enemy that was already on a shit list, shutting down dissenting opinion at home, and strengthening internal spy agencies and secret police. Just look at how the Sedition Act of 1918 worked right after World War I and the Homeland Security Act after 9/11.