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Can I coin a new political term: terrorismism. It is the enlargement of all state powers over its citizens in the name of fighting terrorists.


Interestingly, the enlargement of state powers over its citizens in the name of fighting (boogeyman of the day) is exactly what gave "the Terror", and its architects the original "Terrorists", their names.

So, "terrorismism" is just classical Terrorism.


Who were the classical terrorists?


The word "Terrorism" was coined based on the express philosophy behind the Reign of Terror in revolutionary France.




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