Chris Hedges: Our Sinister Dual State

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13. DURec

*Rampant Government Secrecy and Democracy can not co-exist.

*Persecution of Whistle Blowers and Democracy can not co-exist.

*Government surveillance of the citizenry and Democracy can not co-exist.

*Secret Laws and Democracy can not co-exist.

*Secret Courts and Democracy can not-co-exist.

*Our Democracy depends on an informed electorate.

You either believe in Democracy,
or you don't.
It IS that simple.


So...Are we "there" yet?
Many conservatives and authoritarians will be quick to answer "NO!",
and point out that East Germany and North Korea were/are far worse,
but NOBODY can truthfully say that we are NOT heading in that direction.

We ARE much closer to "there" than we were just 15 years years ago.

I personally became frightened when I saw a Creation of the Police State named a "First Amendment Zone",
that made it much easier to corral, isolate, and record anyone who was resistant to going along peacefully.....
"potential" terrorists and troublemakers to the authoritarians.