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In reply to the discussion: Best Buy Says It Has Killed 'Showrooming' For Good [View all]Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)And also, not the only criteria. Let's turn to the dictionary:
a political unit characterized by repressive governmental control of political, economic, and social life usually by an arbitrary exercise of power by police and especially secret police in place of regular operation of administrative and judicial organs of the government according to publicly known legal procedures
1) We live in a country ostensibly with two party rule, but both parties work for big business.
2) The tax code and regulations are written to benefit corporations and those in power.
3) With the exception of the 2nd, 3rd, 9th and 10th Amendments, the Bill of Rights has been completely nullified.
4) Torture is now legal (we just don't call it torture).
5) War Crimes are unprosecuted.
6) State surveillance is now quite pervasive.
7) Assassination for political motives and with judicial review is no legal.
8) The police often kill innocent people with little to no consequence.
9) We have more people in prison per capita than any other country in the world.
10) We have two criminal justice systems: One of the rich and one for the poor.
That, my friend is a text book example of a police state.