ANYONE RECALL THE PROTEST OVER PROP 8, THAT WASN’T LOW LEVEL TERRORISM? WHAT ABOUT THE RECRUITING OFFICE IN BERKELEY, ETC. ETC. ETC

GIVE ME A BRAKE

Every major initiative of the government nearly always has the public reason (which they release to the press) and the private reason (what the government actually wants to get out of the initiative).

Governments over time tend to evolve to protect and consolidate their own power. This can be done gradually over decades or even centuries but governments will always strive for more control, bit by bit.

History has also shown that governments can exercise the most control in times of war and conflict. People will accept nearly all initiatives in those circumstances and powers that may have taken a lifetime for governments to acquire can be passed fairly quickly.

Ever since the events of 2001, the US has been accelerating it’s policy changes to break neck speed. And there have been some major ones. The public has been placated with buzz words like terrorist, extremists, and the latest, anti-government (a holdover from the Soviet Union incidentally).

If you are elite and rich, you probably don’t have much to worry about even if the U.S. does continue on the same straight line through state control which was only associated with hardline socialist and communist governments of the past. If you’re a regular person, then this trend is very concerning indeed.