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In reply to the discussion: Remember the old Soviet Union? [View all]The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)But we are on the road to such things and those of us who see down the road are asking that we take a different one.
It didn't start out that way there. Time and again in history we see this. It often times goes slow and before you know it you are asking yourself how you got there.
And all along the way there are people saying 'well, we are not that bad right now'. 8 miles down the road it is 'could be worse, don't compare us to some other country, they were really bad'.
The mindset is there. Add more laws. Save us. Protect us from each other. Trust the government. Spy on us. Put more and more people in prison. Send some folks to gitmo with no charges. Rendition. Drone strikes that kill kids are justified.
Keep on trucking and someday people will be reading the books we write and saying 'hell, we ain't as bad as them'.