I won’t consider it a police state until I actually have to get security clearance to leave the county, show papers at the state border, and turn in ALL of my firearms and unapproved books.
Don’t forget to receive your little red book or modern equivalent.
If you are carrying your phone with you, they don’t need to stop you at a state border or the nation’s border. They’ve got you covered.
If you are not carrying a phone with you, then you become suspicious and a unknown threat.
Unapproved books? They are educating most of the children in the USA and they are patient and thinking long term when the book reading population fade to dust.
The firearms still present a problem to them.