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Commenters call US policy a 'War on Violence'

Original: 🇺🇸 Today I learned of the "War on Violence". Paradoxical as it sounds, I felt it perfectly captured much of # US domesti

Discussion is circulating around the phrase 'War on Violence', used to describe what critics see as a paradox at the heart of United States policy. The argument holds that from the War on Drugs to current military conflicts abroad, American governments repeatedly invoke preventing violence as justification for actions that ultimately cause more of it. Commenters say the phrase captures much of US domestic and foreign policy.

Why now: The phrase resonates as a sharp critique of US policy debates currently in the news.

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• 🇺🇸 Today I learned of the "War on Violence". Paradoxical as it sounds, I felt it perfectly captured much of # US domestic & foreign policy. From the "War on Drugs" to current conflicts, the US continues to invoke the prevention of # violence as a pretext for unleashing far more… · madeindex · 9

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