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Re:No More Fear by kirubakaran on Thursday December 30, 2010 @10:47PM (#2054442)
Devolution into police(ish) state may be just an emergent phenomenon of the political+social set up. No conspiracy necessary.

No wonder the founding fathers viewed this as something to be actively fought against.

Re:No More Fear by nazgulnarsil on Friday December 31, 2010 @08:24AM (#2055344)
well that is what I believe, democracy or any populist system is too easily run on the immediate carrot and stick. What i meant is that each year the hypotheses of conspiracy wackos seem to make better predictions than the last, even if they dont have the cause right.