A kakistocracy (a government run by unprincipled career politicians, corporations and thieves that panders to the worst vices in our nature and has little regard for the rights of American citizens), or a Nanny State Idiocracy.
Police State
When Your Rulers Ignore Voters But Are Terrified Of Protesters
The difference between liberals and rightists on middle east policy is that rightists openly believe middle easterners are apelike savages who should be beaten into submission or eliminated, whereas liberals believe exactly the same thing but have the decency to lie about it.
In Search of the Great Canadian Terror
Canada’s Online Harms Act is packed with futuristic horrors, but with a few notable exceptions, politicians and media have tried to keep the worst parts hidden.
Welcome to the Surveillance Renaissance
Civil liberties are not just under threat; they’re on the chopping block. Cybercheck’s prowess in data mining could be weaponized to suppress free speech and keep tabs on political dissenters.
The Steady Slide Towards Tyranny: How Freedom Dies from A to Z
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 by the architects of the Deep State.
She’s baaaack… Nina Jankowicz Returns
Jankowicz famously sang how “You can just call me the Mary Poppins of disinformation.” Once again, when it comes to the use of disinformation to effectively silence others, Nina Jankowicz remains “practically perfect in every way.”
Dennis Kucinich: Bleak 2024 elections, how elites broke democracy
Americans keep voting, but on the national level, the only groups that consistently win our elections are militarists, corporations, and the billionaire class.
Order, Not Law and Order
Warrior-cops: America’s forever wars are coming home, and heavily-armed and -armored police forces will ensure order. They are here to protect and serve those who give them their orders which, if you’re reading this, probably isn’t you.
Woman faces jail for giving tomato paste bad review on Facebook
Nigeria’s Cybercrime Act became the country’s first legislation to specifically deal with cybercrime-related offences, such as cyberbullying, online fraud, and unlawful activities carried out on social media by an individual or groups with malicious intent.
The Government’s Propaganda of Fear and Fake News
We have become guinea pigs in a ruthlessly calculated, carefully orchestrated, chillingly cold-blooded experiment in how to control a population and advance a political agenda without much opposition from the citizenry.
Warrantless Surveillance Makes a Mockery of the Constitution
Now intelligence officials are pushing to dramatically expand the government’s spying powers, effectively giving the government unbridled authority to force millions of Americans to spy on its behalf.
The Hate Police
Hopkins: If you know someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows J.K. Rowling, please give her my best regards, and tell her I said … well, basically, “Fuck the Hate Police!”
