The return of fascism? It never left! It just took the mask off again.

The only rational response to someone actively trying to kill you is to take them out in self-defense. Holding on to values of non-violence will serve you ill, if they want to kill you for your other values.

It pains me that people can see that the system lied to us about a great many things, but they still hold fast to the lie of the Red Scare. How can you recognize that they were lying about so many things and believe their other lies? It defies logic. If they lied about one political issue, it stands to reason that they lied about every political issue. The logical response is to throw out everything you’ve been told and re-examine everything as a whole.

That’s absolutely right. Without Stalin, Hitler would have kept going far longer than he did. Things would have been much worse.

The more power you have, the more it can corrupt you. People who enjoy abusing power will gravitate to positions that let them abuse the powers given to them. Give police abroad the kind of power USA police have, and it will be the same.

I would leave too, if I had somewhere better to go.

If really put to the test, I doubt police outside of the USA would be any different.