Consider this if you will.
Matthew X
profrv at nex.net.au
Tue May 4 20:09:17 PDT 1999
Consider this: An inarticulate, politically inexperienced man with family
links to a previous national regime comes to provincial leadership.
Subsequently he gains the highest national office without winning the
popular vote. The election in which he was declared the victor is
considered compromised by his brother's province. He appoints a chief law
enforcement officer who has repeatedly called for constitutional revisions.
Regulatory agencies are filled with those previously regulated. Soldiers
patrol transportation centers. International treaties are abrogated.
International legal organizations are shunned. Roles of police and military
are blurred. Law enforcement agencies are centralized. Individual civil
rights are reduced. A "shadow" government is created.
Domestic surveillance is increased. People are encouraged to spy on each
other. Military budgets are increased. The military establishes a
disinformation program. Media access to government is limited.
Consultations with the legislative branch decline. Connections to corrupt
corporate sponsors are disavowed. Efforts to further plunder natural
resources for profit are initiated. Access to past administrations'
documents is limited. A war mentality is established with imprecise
enemies. Nebulous fear- inducing alerts are periodically released. National
level profiling is introduced. People are imprisoned without public charges
and unknown others are "disappeared."
http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=198145&group=webcast
Don't mention the war.
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