Exploiting Bad Policing for Tyrannical Ends

What do China, North Korea, Russia, and Cuba have in common? Not only are they totalitarian states with all power concentrated in the hands of a few, but they are countries that have only state-controlled policing forces. This is not coincidence; tyrannical governments require a monopoly on force. In the U.S., where police and sheriff’s … Continue reading Exploiting Bad Policing for Tyrannical Ends

Exploiting Bad Policing for Tyrannical Ends   

What do China, North Korea, Russia, and Cuba have in common? Not only are they totalitarian states with all power concentrated in the hands of a few, but they are countries that have only state-controlled policing forces. This is not coincidence; tyrannical governments require a monopoly on force. In the U.S., where police and sheriff’s … Continue reading Exploiting Bad Policing for Tyrannical Ends