Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G Hornberger
“The common mindset among most Americans is that the United States could never become a totalitarian-like country — that is, one in which freedom of speech is sharply curtailed, protests and demonstrations are violently suppressed, people are kidnapped on the streets and quickly incarcerated in secret prisons without trial or due process, prisoners are tortured, no one dares to criticize what is occurring, deep fear exists within the citizenry, the powers of the president and the national-security establishment are omnipotent, elections are temporarily suspended, and people have convinced themselves that all this totalitarian tyranny is necessary because some national-security emergency requires it. Yet, there is one big problem with that mindset: U.S. officials have demonstrated that they favor that way of life, at least in foreign countries.” (01/21/26)
https://www.fff.org/2026/01/21/it-could-never-happen-here-2/