How U.S. Foreign Intervention Created Our Domestic #Surveillance State
▻http://thefederalist.com/2018/03/30/u-s-foreign-intervention-created-domestic-surveillance-state
To explain why, we develop a theory of the “#boomerang effect” to understand the process through which intervention abroad increases the scope of government power at home and erodes citizens’ liberties. Preparing for and engaging in foreign intervention provides a testing ground for intervening governments to experiment with new forms of social control over distant populations. Under certain conditions, these innovations in social control are then imported back to the intervening country, expanding the scope of domestic government activities.