While your perspective bias undermines your point, this form of government (i.e. vague laws, the highly selective application of them, and the use of the justic

While your perspective bias undermines your point, this form of government (i.e. vague laws, the highly selective application of them, and the use of the justice system regardless of guilt as a weapon to suppress dissent by middle classes (e.g. threat of bankruptcy, threats of long term pre-trial detention, etc.) has existed for quite some time. It goes by different names depending on your bias, but it exists. The right side of the political spectrum would call it anarcho-tyranny.