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Sadly, some people are looking forward to the compulsory anal probes that are on deck.

And most of the rest aren't paying attention or don't care. Which is why the growth of the police state has accelerated at a breathtaking pace the last decade.

It'll take a fundamental, across the political spectrum, shift in the attitude of Americans just to stop it (much less turn it back). It's not going to happen, whatever control Americans had over their government is long gone. Now it's just a matter of buying time (defeat this legislation, new attempts get stuffed into legislation next quarter or next year).

I think it will get worse before it gets better. The momentum behind the security state will wind down through inertia as the economics of maintaining it will prove untenable but before that happens, many large American cities will be under increasing surveillance and more citizens will find themselves in police and prison situations worthy of Kafka.

And you're right. Most aren't paying attention.

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