Source: JimBovard.com
by James Bovard
“Late in the last century, theater goers were jolted when a character in the X-Files movie declared that the Federal Emergency Management Agency can allow ‘the White House to suspend constitutional government upon declaration of a national emergency.’ If the same line was used before thoughtful movie audiences nowadays, the response might be bitter cat calls or perhaps expletives unfit to quote on a high-toned website. Five years ago, politicians in scores of nations proclaimed that they possessed almost unlimited power over everyone living in their domain. Around the globe, constitutional restrictions on presidents, prime ministers, and any other ruler vanished practically overnight. Those power grabs could not have occurred if they were not preceded by a vast increase in political illiteracy regarding Leviathan. For more than half a century, experts and pundits have assured people that government power is far less dangerous than it appears.” (05/18/25)
https://jimbovard.com/blog/2025/05/18/no-vaccination-against-unlimited-political-power/