Tread lightly on the things of earth

Why are so many of us blind to this happening in front of our eyes? Why are we unrepentant like ancient Israel to whom the prophets pleaded in vain?—

A country whose leader has the power to imprison any citizen whatsoever, on his order alone, and hold them indefinitely, in military custody, without access to the courts, without a lawyer, without any charges, their fate determined solely by the leader’s arbitrary whim—that country is a tyranny, not a democracy, not a republic, not a union of free citizens.
Rough Beast Slouching: The Birth of an American Tyranny [via Cox Crow]

I like Will’s apocalyptic commentary here and here, and much as I want to, I can’t think what else to add at the moment.

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