Pervasive military metaphors in social policy reveal state character

Evidence

What do the ready invocations of military metaphors for social campaigns say about state character, about the fabric and texture of civility in such a society? — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 274

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes Lakoff’s analysis of war metaphors in US politics, and connects to the pattern of ‘war on’ rhetoric. — connects to: The derivative logic colonizes military strategy and social governance beyond finance — Max Haiven, Cultures of Financialization, 481; Failed governments substitute culture-war gestures for material delivery — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and…, 477
• QUESTION: Unanswered question — could be worth chasing whether the military-metaphor habit predates or follows actual US wars.