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A Nanny State Idiocracy: When the Government Thinks It Knows Best
By John & Nisha Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “Whether the mask is labeled fascism, democracy, or dictatorship of the proletariat, our great adversary remains the apparatus—the bureaucracy, the police, the military.”—Simone Weil, French philosopher It’s hard to say whether … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Law, Mass Incarceration, Oligarchy, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged Asset Forfeiture, Authoritarianism, Bureaucracy, Dystopia, Economics, fascism, idiocracy, kakistocracy, Kleptocracy, law, Mass Incarceration, Nanny State, Overcriminalization, overregulation, police state, SWAT, Technocracy
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One Nation Under Greed: The Profit Incentives Driving the American Police State
By By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, censorship, civil disobedience, civil liberties, Corporate Crime, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, education, elites, Empire, Law, Mass Incarceration, media, Militarization, military spending, Oligarchy, police state, Privatization, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, war
Tagged Asset Forfeiture, Authoritarianism, censorship, Compulsory Education, contact tracing programs, corporatocracy, Corruption, Despotism, fascism, Government, Government Contractors, heightened surveillance, law, Lockdowns, mandates, Mass Incarceration, Militarized Police, Oligarchy, Overcriminalization, Plutocracy, police state, Police Violence, Private Prisons, restrictions, schools, security industrial complex, surveillance state, US Legal System, war, war profiteers, war spending
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Nullify Government Tyranny: In 2020, Harness the Power of Your Discontent
By John W. Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “The people have the power, all we have to do is awaken that power in the people. The people are unaware. They’re not educated to realize that they have power. The system … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, civil liberties, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, education, elites, Empire, freedom of speech, media, Oligarchy, police state, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, war, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged Asset Forfeiture, censorship, Debtors’ prisons, Deep State, Dystopia, endless wars, free speech, Government Corruption, Grassroots Activism, indefinite detentions, Mass Shootings, Militarism, Militarized Police, Nullification, pay-to-play politicians, police brutality, police shootings of unarmed citizens, police state, profit-driven prisons, retaliatory arrests, roadside strip searches, surveillance, surveillance state, SWAT team raids, the criminalization of lawful activities, tyranny, warmongering
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Financial Tyranny: ‘We the People’ Are the New Permanent Underclass in America
By John W. Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a … Continue reading
Posted in civil liberties, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, Health, Militarization, military spending, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, war, war on terror, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged Affordable Care Act, America, Asset Forfeiture, Big Pharma, Civil Asset Forfeiture, empire, financial crisis, Government, Health Insurance, healthcare, imperialism, military spending, obamacare, police state, Poverty, Robert L. Schulz, surveillance state, Taxes, U.S. Foreign Policy, war
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Policing for Profit: Jeff Sessions & Co.’s Thinly Veiled Plot to Rob Us Blind
By John W. Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “Laws are no longer made by a rational process of public discussion; they are made by a process of blackmail and intimidation, and they are executed in the same manner. The typical … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, civil liberties, Corruption, culture, Drug War, Dystopia, Law, police state, Social Control, society, State Crime
Tagged Asset Forfeiture, Civil Asset Forfeiture, drug war, Dystopia, Forfeiture Laws, Jeff Sessions, Justice Department, Nonviolent Resistance, police state, policing for profit, State Crime, State Theft, Taxes, theft by cop, War on Drugs
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