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Originally Posted by underboss
You could say that terrorism is the privatization of war. Terrorists are the free marketers of war. They are people who don't believe that the state has a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence.
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Terrorists are not free markets of war. First, a good deal of their money comes from governments. Second, as I understand it, any of the money that they make themselves is made by doing illegal things, such as selling drugs. (If I am wrong on this, I am sure someone will tell me.) The only reason drugs are so expensive is because they are illegal. If they were not illegal, the price of drugs would come down as the supply increases, thus making the drug trade less profitable.
But, let's consider something else, also. Who was in charge of the security that allowed the terrorists to board the planes on 9/11? It was the TSA- part of the national government. What if we allowed each airline to be in charge of its own security? The airlines would have a vested interest in keeping their airlines safe. Look what happened to the airline industry after 9/11. The attacks were disasterous for the industry.