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In reply to the discussion: Now will people believe me when I say we live in a de facto police state? [View all]zeemike
(18,998 posts)As long as they can spy on you and know every last thing you said you are not a problem to them until you do something...and when you have what we have now, a "total information awareness" they can know what you are doing and even what you may do...you are controlled.
And if you become a threat to them they can take you out one way or the other.
And the beauty of it is that you think you are free and so will do nothing but make excuses for them when they violate anyones rights.
There is no difference between that and the classic police state of old...it is just in the past they did not have the tools we have today and so they used force and intimidation where now they use information and media to control us with...but in the end the police have the same power as the Nazis did...the ability to violate your rights without fear of punishment.