 Originally Posted by dragonoverlord
And When do these people thing Martial law is coming ???.....
Jan 30th, 2001AD.
Oh wait, that was when Clinton was going to hold onto power and instill martial law through FEMA. Now it's Jan 30th, 2009AD and Bush. I've been around this block before...
I'm sure the government also has a plan to go to war against Canada, but I don't see that being enacted anytime soon.
It's one thing for FEMA to clamp down on a natural-disaster emergency like Katrina in an isolated incident, and another thing for the government to clamp down on the entire US in a bid for power. I also think it's unnecessary. Creeping annexation works so much better. It's unlikely that the US will fall to fascism, or anything of the like, in some major cataclysmic unwinding of the democratic institutions. Far more likely is a slow and gradual loss of civil liberties, expanded government control and power, diminished education and political participation, and the undermining of the press and public debate by corporate interests and apathy.
But that's just not as catchy as "Bush is going to take over the US because he doesn't want to leave office", and it doesn't get the average person riled up, as they are apparently too apathetic, non-participatory in politics, desiring of further government control, blase about expanded power and the excesses of capitalism, and generally have poorer education in these matters due to their lack of interest, a failing press, and prior schooling.
So, yeah, no need to worry, the future will be bright and shining so long as Luke Skywalker, Neo, and Donald Trump are there to save us from any villanous schemes.
Edit: I also want to add that I don't think there's necessarily any plan for my proposed "takeover". It's more a 'natural convergence of negative feedback loops and false ideologies' sort of thing. Far more difficult to approach since it's systemic and progressed not by some small elite but by the basic human nature of the populace.
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