[Ancesthntr]

Is it an intentional plan to destroy freedom and institute absolute police power? If so, it isn't working the way is was supposed to work in England. Sure, Britain is a police state, but there is absolutely NO control of the criminal element, while the citizenry at large seems to be nothing but a huddled mass of scared rabbits.

Maybe the way to institute a police state is to have no control over the criminal element - this justifies ever-increasing controls over the vast majority of the people, and actually gets them to ask for/demand those additional controls (sheeple work this way). The truly rich and powerful have armed guards, so they'll never be victimized. The criminal element is their tool, precisely because it is uncontrolled.

[TomSmedley]

Maybe the way to institute a police state is to have no control over the criminal element -

The "socially friendly" (criminal) elements kept the soviet gulags under control.