Fall of the Old America?
Private property means little at a time when SWAT teams and other government agents can invade your home, break down your doors, kill your dog, wound or kill you, damage your furnishings and terrorize your family. Likewise, if government officials can fine and arrest you for growing vegetables in your front yard, praying with friends in your living room, installing solar panels on your roof, and raising chickens in your backyard, you’re no longer the owner of your property.
It's disturbing how crazy tings have gotten during these new times. After 9/11... actually, even before 9/11, government agencies seem to love coming up with new ways to invade the privacy of their citizens. It's like they're afraid of them or something and, if history has taught us anything, empires that use extreme policing for fear/exploitation of their citizens don't last very long...
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