The FBI always ruins the fun.
But seriously folks...the pile of evidence that government of the people, by the people and for the people is extinct is now a mountain.
The incidents, the methods, the personnel, the agencies, the locations may have minor differences but the theme is unmistakable: the people are not to be trusted and in fact must be actively intimidated and suppressed.
We can debate illegal immigration and the slow poison of Islam but the message could not be more clear: persons actively, knowingly breaking the law and/or fomenting hatred towards their native and/or host country are of no concern to government, as the discontinuation of the New York surveillance project demonstrates.
Meanwhile, in bucolic small towns across a vast heartland we see government buildings (including schools) bristling with the kind of security measures (metal detectors, CCTV, guards) that would make airports and US embassies in dangerous foreign nations envious. Have we all noticed that despite the constant moans about funds to pay for basic services like road paving, government at all levels will spare no expense in protecting itself despite the absence of any credible threat?
It's difficult to know if they have any sense of irony but the very people they persecute are the ones - the only ones - paying their salaries. The social contract has been ripped up and incinerated, replaced by daylight extortion and 'reminder' visits under the rubric of law enforcement with shiny cars, paramilitary gear and those cheesy silkscreened windbreakers.
The social contract has been ripped up and incinerated, replaced by daylight extortion and ‘reminder’ visits under the rubric of law enforcement with shiny cars, paramilitary gear and those cheesy silkscreened windbreakers.
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And shades. Agent Smiths must have their shades to do the blank inquisitor stare gimmick. Beautiful post, relictele.