OPINION:
The American governmental scheme is sliding ever closer towards a pervasive authoritarianism.
The American people, the permanent underclass in America, have allowed themselves to be so distracted and divided that they have failed to notice the building blocks of tyranny being laid down right under their noses.
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This steady slide towards tyranny has been carried forward by each successive president over the past 50 years regardless of their political affiliation.
Frankly, it really doesn’t matter who occupies the White House, because it is a profit-driven, unelected bureaucracy that is actually calling the shots.
In the interest of liberty and truth, here’s an A-to-Z primer that spells out the grim realities of life in the American Police State that no one seems to be talking about anymore.
A is for the AMERICAN POLICE STATE. A police state “is characterized by bureaucracy, secrecy, perpetual wars, a nation of suspects, militarization, surveillance, widespread police presence, and a citizenry with little recourse against police actions.”
B is for our battered BILL OF RIGHTS.
C is for CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE.
D is for DRONES. Nearly 1,500 police departments across the U.S. include drones as part of their technological arsenal, and that number is growing.
E is for EMERGENCY STATE. From Sept. 11 to COVID-19 and beyond, we have been subjected to an “emergency state” that justifies all manner of government tyranny and power grabs in the so-called name of national security.
F is for FASCISM.
G is for GLOBAL POLICE.
H is for HOLLOW-POINT BULLETS. The government’s efforts to militarize and weaponize its agencies and employees is reaching epic proportions, with federal agencies stockpiling millions of lethal hollow-point bullets.
I is for the INTERNET OF THINGS. This “connected” industry propels us closer to a future where police agencies can apprehend virtually anyone if the government “thinks” they may commit a crime.
J is for JAILING FOR PROFIT.
K is for KENTUCKY V. KING, which left Americans with little real protection in the face of all manner of abuses by law enforcement officials.
L is for LICENSE PLATE READERS.
M is for MAIN CORE, a database of names and information on Americans considered to be threats to the nation who can be rounded up in times of martial law.
N is for NO-KNOCK RAIDS. Owing to the militarization of the nation’s police forces, more than 80,000 of these paramilitary raids are carried out every year.
O is for OVERCRIMINALIZATION. It’s estimated that the average American actually commits three felonies a day without knowing it.
P is for PATHOCRACY. What we are experiencing is tyranny at the hands of a psychopathic government.
Q is for QUALIFIED IMMUNITY.
R is for ROADSIDE STRIP SEARCHES, carried out by police and sanctioned by the courts.
S is for the SURVEILLANCE STATE.
T is for TASERS.
U is for UNARMED CITIZENS SHOT BY POLICE.
V is for OPERATION VIGILANT EAGLE, one of several government initiatives that call for heightened scrutiny of those who challenge the government’s authority.
W is for WHOLE-BODY SCANNERS, which are being used to not only “see” through your clothes but to spy on you within the privacy of your home.
X is for X-KEYSCORE, one of the many spying programs carried out by the NSA that targets every person in the United States who uses a computer or phone.
Y is for YOU-NESS. Using your face, mannerisms, social media and “you-ness” to track you, facial recognition programs are being rolled out in states all across the country.
Z is for ZERO TOLERANCE.
None of these dangers have dissipated in any way, and yet suddenly, no one seems to be talking about any of the egregious governmental abuses that are still wreaking havoc on our freedoms.
This is how freedom dies.
If there is any means left to us for thwarting the government in its relentless march towards outright dictatorship, it may rest with the Tenth Amendment, which affirms that “we the people” (in the form of juries and local governments) have the power to invalidate governmental laws, tactics and policies that are illegitimate, egregious or blatantly unconstitutional.
Nullify everything.
Nullify the court cases. Nullify the laws. Nullify everything the government does that flies in the face of the Constitution.
It’s time to rein in our runaway government, reclaim our freedoms, and restore justice in America.
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Constitutional attorney and author John W. Whitehead is founder and president of The Rutherford Institute. His latest books “The Erik Blair Diaries” and “Battlefield America: The War on the American People” are available at www.amazon.com. Whitehead can be contacted at johnw@rutherford.org. Nisha Whitehead is the Executive Director of The Rutherford Institute. Information about The Rutherford Institute is available at www.rutherford.org.
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