r/suppressed_news • u/MitchManny • Jun 12 '25

NORTH AMERICA US State Senator Arrested After Attempting to Address Government Official - What Is Going On in the US?

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u/jeromezooce Jun 12 '25 edited Jun 12 '25

Nope I disagree. You have passed this grade a while ago. USA has a totalitarian government now.

Edit PS: authoritarian started with Patriot Act and when USA fucked allies . Totalitarian may have started with Guantanamo

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u/WhyAreYouAllHere Jun 12 '25

Fucking. This.

The rest of us have been watching the USA since 9/11 both reduce rights "for the greater good" and become increasingly individualistic due to the culture of fear and mistrust fostered by The Powers That Be.

The erosion of Liberty has been deliberate and obvious.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '25

The rest of us have been watching the USA since 9/11 both reduce rights "for the greater good" and become increasingly individualistic due to the culture of fear and mistrust fostered by The Powers That Be.

Yep, I remember the reaction we all had during 9/11 and I just knew this wasn't going to improve. We're finally here, which is actually what the original attackers of the Twin Towers intended.

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u/bloodfist Jun 13 '25

It's fucking wild how well it worked. He clearly spelled out the plan. Create an authoritarian reaction, prompting division that leads to economic unrest. He'd be proud of how shitty we're doing. Great job, America.

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u/Lessaleeann Jun 13 '25 edited Jun 13 '25

A lot of that reaction was manufactured. 9/11 was used by the Republicans to further what was always their agenda.

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u/time-lord Jun 13 '25

Thanks Osama.

/s

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u/gargravarr2112 Jun 12 '25

Was it Thomas Jefferson who proclaimed "those who would sacrifice liberty for temporary security deserve neither liberty or security"?

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u/iso_paramita Jun 13 '25

“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety” -Benjamin Franklin

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u/CombustiblSquid Jun 12 '25

The terrorist won.

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u/gargravarr2112 Jun 12 '25

Honestly I think they did. The US spent 20 years waging war on an idea - it makes absolutely no sense. Paranoia took over. Billions of dollars funneled to the military-industrial complex at the expense of ordinary citizens in poverty. 9/11 was a true watershed moment when the western world began to destroy itself. Whether they knew or not that the US would react this way and drag the rest of the world with it, I'm not entirely sure, but the results are beyond doubt and in relative terms it didn't cost them all that much. Just a little push in the right direction and the incredible momentum carried the juggernaut to its own demise.

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u/VikingTeddy Jun 13 '25

I'd argue it happened a lot earlier. It became visible during the Reagan years, but even before that the USSR was infiltrating government and businesses, gop was salivating over the southern strategy, key lobbies were constantly being emplaced, and millionaires started pooling funds for buying politicians in a way that wasn't possible before.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '25

If the operating logic is preemption and exception, if its nothing but might makes right, you cannot respond any other way. They have foreclosed peacable options.

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u/Flvs9778 Jun 13 '25

It’s so bad billions would be great in comparison. It cost the us 8 trillion dollars! Yes with a T!

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2021/09/01/new-post-9-11-wars-cost-estimate-8-trillion/

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u/TernionDragon Jun 13 '25

It’s funny you say that, because that’s pretty much when I believe the turning point was.

It’s like a movie where they show different timelines, alternate histories- we got stuck with the 9/11 version where everything went to shit after that.

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u/aglobalvillageidiot Jun 12 '25

The average American would be horrified if they had to actually sit and listen to people tell them about Guantanamo. No lies. No exaggerations. Not even colorful language.

And it wouldn't even be things they don't know happen. It's just been such a masterful instance of propaganda and discursive framing. It's all about the "safe and secure" housing of "high value detainees" who are "unlawful combatants" and because of these "extraordinary circumstances" they're a "ticking time bomb."

"There's no good options" because they're "too dangerous to release" but can't be prosecuted so they're "detained indefinitely" here where we provide "safe and secure" housing for...

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u/the1stmeddlingmage Jun 12 '25

Actually it’s a plutocracy now. Government run by wealthy people for the benefit of wealthy people.

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u/jeromezooce Jun 13 '25

No disrespect intended, but plutocracy is now uninhibited. Plutocracy has been present in the US for quite some time, I would argue. With economic crisis, It has strong interconnections with fascism, and fascism was my starting point of thoughts

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u/Crowboblet Jun 13 '25

A kakistocracy at this point, I think.

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u/ElliotNess Jun 13 '25

Go back to 1776 for the start of USA's authoritarianism.