@CWOTUS When did this police state start happening in America? When the 9 little kids in Little Rock were prevented with the help of the governor to go to school and the federal government went in and led them safely into the school? How far back should we go with examples of our police or military coming out to control crowds or force us to stay inside? The problem is not the government taking action in times of crisis to protect us, it is if the government uses that power to cause harm. Harm can be anything from an extreme loss of liberty to killing people. A few days with a curfew because all street and traffic lights aren’t working in an urban area isn’t a big deal. I would be right there with you that I am wary of government gaining too much power over the people. We should scrutinize things like the Patriot Act, populations not getting a fair shake in the justice system, how information is given to the public, etc.
I would never say nazi-esque Germany cannot happen in America. I’m Jewish, we are raised to think if it happened in Germany it can happen anywhere. The Germans were advanced, cultured, industrialized, educated people at the time and voted Hitler in through a democratic election. I keep my antennas up to. I see what could be called propaganda in America also; these crazy “news” stations and shows full of slanted “journalism” that are actually entertainment shows is scary shit here.
But, I drifted back to the Holocaust of 9 million and away from the takeover of Europe. The Holocaust is intertwined with the discussion of the police state, because the police state is how they rounded us up. I don’t think it can easily happen again where a group is targeted like that, although like I said never say never. It might happen in small corners of the country, but would get shut down before it got before with present day America. Just like we no longer nail people to a cross for punishment, we are past gassing people for just existing .
No knock drug raids, well, I agree there should be a knock. But, how often do the drug raids pan out and they find a house full of serious drugs? Again, drug houses are not the same as a Jewish mother cooking dinner for her family.
The police have more fire power, because the masses have more fire power. The cops don’t want to get killed, because the bad guys have big guns. I am torn on the gun topic, because as a Jew I wish we could have at least got a few shots out when the Nazis came to round us up. But, as someone who grew up in parts of the country where having a gun was the farthest thing from our minds and feeling fairly comfortable at this time in history that we don’t need to fear the police in the US, I prefer the feeling of no guns over guns everywhere, just a personal preference. The places I lived where guns were commonplace had much much more crime. I am not saying guns cause the crime.