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The assholes who brought you the War on Terror after the Cold War ended in order to keep their gravy train rolling, now bring you the War on Civilians.

Think about it. We can't justify spending trillions on defense against the Soviet Union since they don't exist anymore. We can no longer justify spending trillions on anti-terrorism since we bomb the hell out of every place. The only bad guy left to justify all this warfare spending is you. Yes, you. You have to be the bad guy so that defense contractors can still afford yacht orgies. Our police are being militarized because the military can't buy more shit.

I say we have our armed forces attack all the police in our country and let the two sides battle it out for survival. This will drum up demand for the products the defense contractors supply while letting both military assholes and police assholes blow off some steam. Everybody wins, except of course, for the police and soldiers who die, but hey, at least it would be a fair fight unlike any we've fought in 70 years.

The government can even sell the merchandizing and broadcast rights to make some revenue to pay for all this militarization.

How do Americans deal with hypocrisy today?

You might live in a warm place and own a new car listening to good music with an excellent stereo after you ate a delicious dinner and feel pretty good about living in a free country, but how does being tracked and wiretapped 24/7 feel?

Americans may feel like they are good people even when they commit three felonies a day just by existing.

How do Americans justify paying taxes when their taxes fund rising debt, Obamacare, food stamps, regulations, US wars, illegal immigrants, nanny state laws, security cameras, license plate readers, checkpoints, redlight cameras, speed cameras, FBI facial and voice recognition, curfews, gun bans, NSA wiretapping, the end to the right to silence, free speech bans, searches without warrants, private prisons, mandatory minimums, 3 strikes laws, DNA databases, CISPA, SOPA, NDAA, IMBRA, private prison quotas, no knock raids, take down notices, no fly lists, terror watch lists, Constitution free zones, stop and frisk, 3 strikes laws, kill switches, National Security Letters, DNA databases, kill lists, FBAR, FATCA, Operation Chokepoint, TSA groping, civil forfeiture, CIA torture, NDAA indefinite detention, secret FISA courts, FEMA camps, laws requiring passports for domestic travel, IRS laws denying passports for tax debts, gun and ammo stockpiles, laws outlawing protesting, police militarization, chain gangs, boot camps, and Jade Helm?

Americans might feel like they live in a moral country, but how can a nation that tortures and launches endless wars take the moral high ground on anything?

How could Americans not feel responsible for US wars, debt, and tyranny?

How would the founding fathers think about the collapse of the USA?

The American default reaction to hard facts seems to be to not think and to silence those who speak the truth, but facts don't cease to exist because they are ignored.

Future generations will ask why Americans didn't resist when the US became a police state.

One thing worse than learning that you live in a police state is finding out that no one cares.

The only realistic option left for a moral American seems to be to renounce your citizenship.

tovarichpeter says

It’s a heavily-armored military vehicle

Could be useful in "active shooter" situation.

anon_c1e56 says

The only realistic option left for a moral American seems to be to renounce your citizenship.

Go ahead, little fella.

KimJongUn says

tovarichpeter says

It’s a heavily-armored military vehicle

Could be useful in "active shooter" situation.

It could.
Americans want weapons to defend themselves from the government (the police).
So it makes sense the police ups the ante and militarize to make sure they can deal with "active shooters" and... well, other non-conformists.

The main advantage of democracy is to avoid violent revolts because people have a voice.
I don't think our elites fear violent revolt very much nowadays.

Heraclitusstudent says

KimJongUn says

tovarichpeter says

It’s a heavily-armored military vehicle

Could be useful in "active shooter" situation.

It could.
Americans want weapons to defend themselves from the government (the police).
So it makes sense the police ups the ante and militarize to make sure they can deal with "active shooters" and... well, other non-conformists.

Oh, that armored police shit doesn't really work against true non-conformists citizens in large groups. Here's an illustration:
www.youtube.com/embed/0tBAR9Wxuzs

See: didn't last a damn minute. So stop throwing that red herring.

KimJongUn says

Oh, that armored police shit doesn't really work against true non-conformists citizens in large groups. Here's an illustration:

That's cause they didn't pull out their belt fed gear.