So just like the US today, for example when you become the victim of asset forfeiture. The very first time I visited the US a few years after German reunificat

So just like the US today, for example when you become the victim of asset forfeiture. The very first time I visited the US a few years after German reunification after two and a half months on the road (literally) my final thought was "beautiful, but what a police state". Yes, the "free" US of A. I chose to live there later - a contradiction? Not really, it was a compromise I was willing to make, up to a point - I did return to Europe in the end when I could have stayed, a Green Card was possible.