US domestic security institutions integrate private fusion centers into empire

Evidence

For Halevy, “State” is the representative apparatus; and he discovers that the most important events of French history from 1870 until the present day have not been due to initiatives by political organisms deriving from universal suffrage, but to those either of private organisms (capitalist firms, General Staffs, etc.) or of great civil servants unknown to the country at large, etc. But what does that signify if not that by “State” should be understood not only the apparatus of government, but also the “private” apparatus of “hegemony” or civil society? — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 970 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Furthermore, the effects of Israel’s technology and science have left an indelible mark on the promotion of violence around the world. Israel is one of the biggest arms exporters in the world, ranking as high as sixth from the top. “Israel invests more money in [military] research than most other countries—and in no other place are research institutes, the defense industry, the army and politics as interwoven.… The enormous role played by the military in society also plays a role. ‘The links between scientists, engineers and technology developers and the security situation in Israel is even more intertwined.’ ” This connection between science and violence can nowhere pass as a normal state of affairs, particularly in a colonial space whose ideological foundations rest on a salvation project in which the Jews are rescued from genocidal Germany and European racism. — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 441 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Postwar US planners saw the war as empire-building and fused national with global security; A nation can fuse military research, industry, army, and politics — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism: A Critique of…, 441; Post-Soviet US empire fused military power with a multicultural benevolent brand (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• The State includes private hegemonic apparatuses, not just government #corroborates (0.80) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 970
• A nation can fuse military research, industry, army, and politics #expands (0.78) — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 441
• Postwar US planners saw the war as empire-building and fused national with global security #corroborates (0.72)
• Post-Soviet US empire fused military power with a multicultural benevolent brand #corroborates (0.72)