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However, we need to acknowledge that our own government, in many cases, sends signals that provide encouragement and support that legitimize violence.

With the advent of the bomb, Americans accepted their role as “moral monsters,” legitimizing technological slaughter as a permissible instrument of state power.

This democratic accountability is positioned as a key differentiator that could legitimize the retaliatory action.

He added that “a failure to legitimize a legal cannabis industry enables the proliferation of an illicit industry that is not accountable and engages in far more nefarious practices.”

In each case, fascist regimes recognized what many Americans understand: Education is a powerful site for shaping memory, constructing identity and legitimizing power.