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Tag Archives: security theatre

Charles de Gaulle International Airport, Wikimedia Commons

The Totalitarian Airport

2013-08-26by Lui Leave a comment

When airports are excused from democratic and civil norms, they take on many of the characteristics of a police state.  With dystopian aesthetics and ostentatious security checks, the airport provides […]

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