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0 pointsjacquesm12y ago0 comments

Due to its nature terrorism does not scale well, it's akin to a parasite/host relationship.

It could escalate into civil war though, or even regular war between nation states (especially if one nation selects random nation states to attack as a counterstrike).

Interesting reading on the subject:

http://reliefweb.int/report/world/2012-global-terrorism-inde...

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mixmax12y ago

The black swan event of terrorism doesn't need to scale, it's a big one-off event carried out by a few dedicated resourceful people.

A nuclear bomb over New York city, smallpox distributed in all Western major airports, or simultaneous nerve gas attacks in a number of major cities.

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