Source: Eastern New Mexico News
by Kent McManigal
“It feels like the world, and America specifically, is becoming an authoritarian dystopia. More rules, harsher punishment, more surveillance; all leading to less liberty. What disturbs me the most is how many people seem to think this is fine. Or actively demand it because they fear or hate other people or what other people might do. Government is always willing to violate your rights and will oblige when asked to do so. Too many people will trade liberty for a false promise of safety — a hope for something government power can never provide. As long as they believe ‘other people’ are getting it worse than they are, they’re fine with the police state being built around them. They seem genuinely shocked when it is inevitably used against them and their rights.” (02/25/26)