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'''Alarmism''', one of the [[Best New Conservative Words]], consists of exaggerated claims of crisis in order to demand unwarranted controls, typically by government.

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'''Alarmism''', one of the [[Best New Conservative Words]], consists of exaggerated claims of crisis in order to demand unwarranted controls, typically by [[Leftist]]s and government.

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H. L. Mencken ~~... explained [~~that] "the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary." [http://lewrockwell.com/orig9/deming3.html]

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[[H.L. Mencken]] observed that "the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary." [http://lewrockwell.com/orig9/deming3.html]

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== See also ==

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*[[Global warming]]

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