For those of you living in the US, and perhaps to some degree in the UK, let us digest some of the latest news in terms of what it means on a broader scale. Frankly, if you need a bunch of links and references, you haven’t been paying attention anyway.
- If you are the sort of person who would rather mind your own business, and would rather others did the same, you are an enemy of the government. The very notion of having a private life is the point here.
- If you are the sort of person who would rather stand on your own, and you aren’t interested in taking other people’s stuff, but won’t mind giving them yours as long as you get to say to what, and to whom, you are an enemy of the government. There is no private property, as far as the government is concerned.
- If you are the sort of person who believes those who work in government offices, elected or otherwise, should be accountable to those whom they govern, you are especially an enemy of the government.
What it is our government will do about us remains to be seen, but don’t doubt there have long been plans underway. It matters not a whit your party loyalties, nor which party has been claimed by the various administrations over the past hundred years (actually, 150+ years), because the underlying operating assumptions have always included those three items. Some actions have already been taken, particularly in the form of making sure the police agencies are trained to treat us as enemies, regardless.
In the coming months, we shall see more of those plans put into practice, treating us less subtly as the enemies they regard us to be.
