International Man: Throughout history, governments have used crises—real or imagined—to eliminate freedoms, expand the power of the State, and justify all sorts of things the populace would never accept in normal times. After World War II, Winston Churchill famously said, “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” This was when he and other leaders came together to form the United Nations, which they probably could not have created without the crisis of WWII. Ever since, it seems that each new supposed crisis causes a further centralization of global power. The War on (Some) Drugs, the War on Terror, the … Continue reading →

Source: How Governments Use Global Crises To Take More Control