Duncan Frissell wrote:
But this article on citizenship revocation gives lie to this claim of state power. Citizenship applicants have submitted vast quantities of information about themselves to the Feds. They have undergone years of a staged and complex process to move from nonresident alien to resident alien to citizen. At every point, they NARCed themselves out in detail directly to the federal government. And yet, that same government can't even tell if these people are "criminals."
If they can't efficiently surveil and regulate this group, what chance do they have to regulate and surveil the other 260 million of us?
DCF The important thing to remember about police state tactics is that it is not a case of hyper-efficient use of the police -- it is hyper-use of
<<snip>> those powers to harass and harrangue those that they Feel like doing it to. No need to worry about guilt or innocence or any of that, just pick a target and get what you can, if it isn't enough - invent.
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