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Police State: Are We Already There and Just Don't Know It? (hartmannreport.com)

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History shows that police states aren't declared: they're assembled piece by piece, until one day ordinary people realize the freedoms they once took for granted have quietly disappeared…

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[–] A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

When does a state officially count as a police state? Like, whats the red line here?

[–] impairedimperator@lemmy.zip 2 points 13 hours ago

For most people the line is where they realize it affects them.