(June 13, 2016 at 4:38 am)Aoi Magi Wrote: I don't really understand this fear of a "police state". We live in a civilized world and not in a jungle where everyone has to save their own skin. The cops, and legal institutions are there to protect the citizens. What's the point of having such institutions if one has to take the law in their own hands? And what is even the point of having laws if everyone has to enforce their own laws? cops, our government, leaders, these are not some aliens dropping from the sky, they are coming from among us, they are the same as us, and we have the power to choose who gets the power, so why do you think anyone and everyone with power is out to get you? They are not a hive mind damnit!
So you have your guns, now say you don't like your president, what's your solution? shoot him? Or raise your voice and get him to step down? If your voice is already a strong enough weapon, why do you need guns?
And again, as a self defence weapon that kills, how many deaths do you expect to prevent with it? Why can't non-lethal solutions be a better option?
There is a distinct line that separates between protecting society and preserving peace domestically, and between chocking the citizens and strip them from their freedoms.
The police state turns the life of citizens into a living hell, with actions ranging from "eliminating personal privacy through spying on citizens" up to "torture in prisons", all in the name of "protecting citizens".
As an example, this has already happened in other countries, and have been happening since World War 2 (with Nazi Germany & the USSR as our main examples); nowadays the Middle East, some Eastern European states, China & North Korea display the ultimate example of the police state.
I live in a police state. It's a living hell.
