garrison state
Example Sentences
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One of the most persuasive and applicable arguments Eisenhower made against the rising power and influence of the military-industrial complex is that resources are finite, and the development of a garrison state will inevitably diminish the social welfare state.
From Salon
“Most of this country is invested in perpetuating the nervous cease-fire of de facto segregation, with its ‘garrison state’ of occupied ghettos that are carefully kept out of sight and mind.”
From Salon
That opens up all kinds of possibilities — that North Korea will no longer be a besieged garrison state but move on a more normal trajectory as an East Asian country.”
From Washington Post
“To what extent are we going to turn ourselves into a garrison state and embrace the airportization of the American life?”
From Washington Post
In the intervening years Eritrea has remained a garrison state.
From Economist
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