"Police state"
Has anyone ever observed how loud and outspoken the people are who claim we live in a police state? How they publish articles under their own names without fear? How they spit on the leadership, mock them, call them names?
Yet they sleep well at night, walk the streets calmly, work day-to-day, and live without fear.
People who actually do live in police states are very much quieter. Ask an immigrant from one.