I don’t doubt that many proposals were made well before 9/11, but that attack certainly proved a catalyst in getting them approved.
Basically: we want to control citizens > citizens don’t want to be controlled > create a scenario in which they want to be controlled > control citizens
Might take a few years between implementation and the desired result, but politics is always a slow march towards authoritarianism.
SuperIce@lemmy.world 6 days ago
It was introduced on October 23rd 2001 in direct response to the 9/11 attack and signed into law on 26th.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 6 days ago
The Omnibus Counterterrorism Act of 1995 had many of its rejected proposals recycled as the USAPATRIOT Act of 2001
IndiBrony@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I don’t doubt that many proposals were made well before 9/11, but that attack certainly proved a catalyst in getting them approved.
Basically: we want to control citizens > citizens don’t want to be controlled > create a scenario in which they want to be controlled > control citizens
Might take a few years between implementation and the desired result, but politics is always a slow march towards authoritarianism.