Posted on 06/11/2013 11:11:09 AM PDT by Starman417
When people think of a police state, they usually think of heavily armed, uniformed police kicking in doors and dragging out family members in the dark of the night. A police state doesn’t require police kicking down your door… at least not in the beginning, particularly when one is evolving from some other form of government, say for instance a constitutional republic. I’m not sure any police state ever came about as a result of some politician saying “When I get elected I’m going to use various elements of the government to take away your civil liberties, oppress my opponents and crush any opposition.” Typically dictators come to power promising to restore order amidst chaos or empowering the people against a tyrannical or corrupt regime. Putin was seen as bringing order to a crumbling Russia while Castro led a revolt against the corrupt Batista and Ayatollah Khomeini overthrew a hated monarch.
But this is the United States and by definition it could never become a police state.
But just for argument’s sake, let’s imagine someone had designs on becoming a dictator and wanted to turn the US into a police state, what kinds of things might be helpful? Obviously no dictator worth his salt wants to have opponents running around shining a light on his actions or stirring up the population against him or his policies. If only there was a way to keep opponents quiet. One way might be to choke off their funding by keeping them from raising much money and by intimidating their supporters. Check and check!
Of course, what good is being dictator if you can’t listen in to what subversive things people are saying about you… or anything else? Not much. As such it would be great to have a program where the government could listen in on every single phone conversation going on in the entire country… Not just when citizens are talking to known terrorists overseas, but simply when they are talking, period.. Check! But young people barely talk on the phone anymore… all they do is text, so you’d want to make sure you can see what’s going on there too. Check!
Unfortunately for you, every conversation in the country doesn’t occur on a phone as sometimes people still actually talk face to face. You might consider placing listening devices everywhere so you could listen in on those conversations too. Not likely however given the logistical nightmare it would be. If only there were a way to use their phones as listening devices, even when they’re turned off. Check! And maybe you could use the phone’s GPS data to track where everyone was at any point in time… and who they were with. Check!
As popular as talking on the phone is, people still spend a lot of time on computers at home. You’d probably want to have a program that allows you to monitor virtually everything anyone does online. Check!
Of course there is more to life than just what people say to one another.
It might also be helpful if you could make it so that a big portion of the population were dependent upon a check from the government (i.e. you), that way you could use that dependency as a tool with which to keep people in line and to whip up populist sentiment against anyone who was seeking to oppose your policies. Check!
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Actually, I seem to recall a certain Adolf Schickelgruber doing just that.
Regards,
That's already been taken care of.
Revolt is coming.
It was Hillary! who first said, “We’re going to take things away from you for the common good.”
spying on all of us , making an enemy list and today I saw on here a freeper state they had no problem because they do nothing wrong.
Maybe that freeper might want to remember their conversations which were private over health , going to toilet, cheating on spouse, debt, etc.
Alinsky tactics are being done and that is target the guy who came forward and told us about how the Govt is breaking the 4th amendment and spying on us all over the world.
I’m not sure any police state ever came about as a result of some politician saying.... I seem to recall a certain Adolf Schickelgruber doing......Big difference in SAYING and DOING.
I remember that.....
Remember Obamas national police force that he was trying to put together back in 2009?
Military style vehicles purchased, a billion rounds of ammo, rumors of internment camps in border states.
It might already be here.
If it's not....it's damn close.
Vee know vere you are. Vee know who you talk to. Vee have vays of dealing vith shoe.
She was referring to tax cuts at the time but I’m sure Eva Braun Clinton meant taking away other things as well.....
Ever doubt the idea of demonism at work in the US of A... this is Obamas inner soul... be patient with the link, see if you don’t agree...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=lf9yzHwOeUc#t=765s
I got my letter from the IRS today. I am NOT happy!
Of course a few weeks ago I sent an email to ICE reporting a possible illegal employee (obama). I included the “flags” that come up when his info is entered into the e-verify.
I seem to recall a certain Adolf Schickelgruber doing......
Big difference in SAYING and DOING.
My point is that the author is mistaken - that at least one police state DID come about after its founder (Schickelgruber) loudly and clearly proclaimed how he would do it. Mein Kampf says it all.
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