Trump's totalitarian regime

[angus]

option 4.

We exchanged liberty for security long ago.  Individuals convicted of sex crimes, for example, who have served the sentences meted out by juries of their peers (as specified in the Constitution), and who have paid their debt to society, are now required to be on publicized "sex offender registry" lists which subject them to harassment.  Moreover, innocent individuals, who have been charged with no crimes, must arrive at airports hours before scheduled departure times only to be probed, prodded, and harassed by government employees--and they must pay 25 dollars per airline ticket for that privilege!  Double jeopardy, a concept that might make James Madison roll over in his grave, is common practice now and has been for at least 20 years.  People are compelled to make insurance companies richer, or pay a fine if they do not choose to purchase medical insurance.  Recently, we have learned that police murder individuals nearly every week, and grand juries repeatedly refuse to indict them.  

Donald Trump (or Hillary Clinton) merely needs to pick up where his predecessor left off.  The process of devolution from Democratic Republic to Police State is slow and stealthy, and it is supported by the people through their elected legislators, as evidenced by the fact that those voters continue to re-elect their incumbent legislators even as they stoke the flames of sensationalism and paranoia in order to maintain their employment as politicians.  The process started long before The Donald announced his candidacy, and will likely continue long after the next president's term ends.

  

[angus]

True.  Except on guns.  On that one, we made the exact opposite trade off.

interesting observation.  I hadn't thought of it.