McElroy Defines The Police State
I've broached the question here before and still wonder if we could describe this country as a police state. The Daily Bell's Wendy McElroy takes a look at the question:
"...even if America is a police state, it's not obvious how far the process has progressed. North Korea and the United States exist at different points of a sliding scale of totalitarianism, and merely pointing to rights violations by the United States proves little. All states violate rights. When does one become totalitarian?"
Nicely written although she falls just short, as did I, of coming to a solid, definitive answer.
I had to laugh at one of the comments to her commentary. Some readers here might well agree with it: "A police state is a small price to pay for living in a free country."
More good stuff from the Rational Review News Digest.
even if America is a police state, it's not intuitively obvious how far
the process has progressed. North Korea and the United States exist at
different points on a sliding scale of totalitarianism, and merely
pointing to rights violations by the U.S. proves little. All states
violate rights. When does one become totalitarian? - See more at:
http://www.thedailybell.com/editorials/34765/Wendy-McElroy-Measuring-the-Extent-of-a-Police-State/#sthash.KBNeQMlI.dpuf
even if America is a police state, it's not intuitively obvious how far
the process has progressed. North Korea and the United States exist at
different points on a sliding scale of totalitarianism, and merely
pointing to rights violations by the U.S. proves little. All states
violate rights. When does one become totalitarian? - See more at:
http://www.thedailybell.com/editorials/34765/Wendy-McElroy-Measuring-the-Extent-of-a-Police-State/#sthash.KBNeQMlI.dpuf
posted by Fred Mangels @ 7:57 AM
2 comments
2 Comments:
how can you use the word free country and police state in the same sentence that's an oxymoron that make no sense whatsoever. the stock pilings of ammunition automatic weapons and armored vehicles the declaration by the DHS that says that within 100 miles of an international border is considered a constitutional free zone which makes up most of California Force proctology exam on the side of the freeway The ability to detain kill or disappear any American for any reason whatsoever with no evidence As stated in the NDAA I could go on all day long but if we do not consider this a police state then what is Nazi Germany I think we have surpassed them in many aspects.THC
Common Fred, you don't have to go any further than right here in Humboldt County. Not only with how the police operate with impunity, but how the judicial system works as well. As bad as Paul Gallegos is, something worse is only another election away.
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