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Mc Mike

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2. I'll buy that for a dollar.

Reply to PatentlyDemocratic (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 12, 2012, 08:35 AM

Oct 2012

+1 to this post, and the o.p. If we lack community control of the police already, imagine what it would be like when corporations steal control outright. Of course, they'll also steal the facilities and infrastructure that the tax-payers own and pay for.

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Selling off Britain: Privatising the police [View all] Lars77 Oct 2012 OP

Reminds me of the dystopian future in Robocop PatentlyDemocratic Oct 2012 #1

I'll buy that for a dollar. Mc Mike Oct 2012 #2

"---when corporations steal control? jerseyjack Oct 2012 #3

I'm with you, jj. Have both Scahill's and Klein's books well highlighted. Mc Mike Oct 2012 #5

+1 Savannahmann Oct 2012 #4