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It seems the United States has managed to evolve the term "police state" into something new: in the traditional form the police are the enforcement arm of a pol
by senorprogrammer 12y ago
It seems the United States has managed to evolve the term "police state" into something new: in the traditional form the police are the enforcement arm of a political power. In the current United States, the police are seemingly beholden to no-one (I include district attorneys as part of that mechanism).
For lack of a better term, American police forces now operate largely 'extra-state'.
- findwise 12y agoYou could draw a parallel to a state overrun by terrorist groups, with a government that doesn't want to intervene for political reasons, and a public so terrorized out of its mind that it feels the safest thing to do is to not make eye contact.
- monsterix 12y ago> public so terrorized out of its mind that it feels the safest thing to do is to not make eye contact. My goodness! I shuddered to note that this is not only very true but also almost unstoppable at the moment. Unless a miracle of unity comes by, that brings people together.
- scottlocklin 12y agoI think the term "banana republic" fits better.