Democrats in the US are delivering something truly unprecedented in all of human history - a police state without police.
Police states are authoritarian regimes that target and arrest political opponents, suppress speech deemed "offensive," and employ powerful government agencies to monitor and control every aspect of citizens' lives. Life under a police state is a lot like that famous song by the 1980s band, coincidentally called “The Police” - every move you make, every step you take, they’ll be watching you.
Of course, no clear-thinking person would ever want to live in a police state. However, police states have on occasion received support from the populace. The sales pitch for a police state was essentially giving up your liberties for security in return. There was some truth to that. Under a police state, you have to worry about the government coming for you. But violent street crimes by civilians were generally not common.
Democrats, however, have managed to combine some of the worst aspects of the police state without that tiny bit of upside. As we have seen, Democrats want the government to restrict your speech and modify the First Amendment to incarcerate individuals who engage in so-called "hate speech." Democrats want to control every aspect of your life: the medicines you take, the cars you drive, the food you consume, and what your children learn in school.
Democratic Authoritarianism
Just last year, the Biden administration pursued a plan to have the IRS monitor Americans' bank accounts if they had made a transaction above $600. When that failed, Biden and Democrats in Congress passed the "Inflation Reduction Act" which provides $80 billion to the IRS and enables the agency to hire up to 80,000 more agents to audit and harass middle-class Americans.
Like any good authoritarian regime, we have seen Democrats concoct conspiracy hoaxes to go after their political opponents. They attempted to unseat President Trump and circulated false information to the FBI to obtain warrants to illegally spy on his administration. Even before the raid on Mar-a-lago, we saw Democrats weaponized the FBI to target ordinary parents who protested curricula taught to their children at school board meetings.
Crime in Democratic Cities
Yet, paradoxically, while Democrats push for authoritarianism in the government, they endorse anarchy in the streets. Democrats like Rashida Talib and Ilhan Omar want to eliminate all police and prisons. Democrats advocate the elimination of cash bail, which leads to the release of violent offenders onto the streets. When violent offenders are apprehended for the tenth or twentieth time, Democratic District Attorneys will decline to prosecute them.
Democrat District Attorneys such as George Gascon even prevent rape victims and their attorneys from attending parole hearings where rapists advocate for their release.
Today, as a result of Democratic policies, many progressive-run cities are among the most dangerous places in the civilized world. They are even more dangerous than many third-world nations. Democratic-run cities like Baltimore, and Detroit have higher crime rates than El Salvador (which is one of the most dangerous countries on Earth).
But a police state without police is not something that most Americans want. It's time Americans stop tolerating this cluster of uniquely bad policies.
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Ashton Cohen is an attorney, investor, writer, and host of Ashton Cohen: The ELECTile Dysfunction Podcast.