They cannot tolerate any ideas but their own. They fear open discourse lest the people accept a truth other than their own. They pass laws to disarm the people lest they might violently rebel. Privacy is attacked on every front. Letters are opened and read, phones are tapped and informants are encouraged.
Education is replaced by indoctrination.
Ethnic and religious differences are promoted with zeal as a strategy of divide and conquer. The state assumes to itself the role of sole dispensator of goods and services, making the masses dependent on it. You bet it does. This essay copyright Frank M. Pohole 1995. All rights reserved.