# How much could (current/reasonable) domestic actions provoke terrorism if it were a goal?

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**Created:** [June 26, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-could-current-reasonable-domestic-actions-provoke-terrorism-if-it-were-a-goal/789939 "2017-06-26T21:46:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-could-current-reasonable-domestic-actions-provoke-terrorism-if-it-were-a-goal/789939/8 "2017-06-27T22:27:29Z")

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> [@Fiddle\_Peghead](#):
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> Who are these liberal, if I may ask?

I found an example, right here on the Dope. Oddly enough, it was in Leaper’s “companion” thread.

> [@What factors would be needed to turn the United States into a dictatorship?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-factors-would-be-needed-to-turn-the-united-states-into-a-dictatorship/789941/28):
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> …
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> Now all that is lacking is:
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> 1. Orchestrate an act of violence (to blame on one of the demonized “others”) to convince the people that their lives are in danger and that it is the democratic process that allows these things to happen and it must be abandoned “temporarily” for the sake of public safety.

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