I agree with almost every point you made except, "While we are not approaching a police state as some people would claim".
We are more of a Police State then Nazi Germany ever was. Considering all the policing agencies; from your home town, your county, your state and the federal government, e.i. local/city police, country sheriff, state police/trooper, state run investigation service (states version of the FBI), ICE, IRS, CIA, ATF (Federal & States) just to name a few.
But wait there's more, most folks don't think about when referring to policing agencies let's not forget about code enforcement, FCC, Fed. Trade Comm., ASPCA, DCF (Children & Family Services), SEC, TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority), DEA, many local municipal power & water authorities and many others.
If you look at all the agencies that have policing and or investigation powers, we are in a "Police State".
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I agree with almost every point you made except, "While we are not approaching a police state as some people would claim".
We are more of a Police State then Nazi Germany ever was. Considering all the policing agencies; from your home town, your county, your state and the federal government, e.i. local/city police, country sheriff, state police/trooper, state run investigation service (states version of the FBI), ICE, IRS, CIA, ATF (Federal & States) just to name a few.
But wait there's more, most folks don't think about when referring to policing agencies let's not forget about code enforcement, FCC, Fed. Trade Comm., ASPCA, DCF (Children & Family Services), SEC, TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority), DEA, many local municipal power & water authorities and many others.
If you look at all the agencies that have policing and or investigation powers, we are in a "Police State".