Overproduction in military equipment goes to the police?

[Aquaplant]

Originally Posted by Tsyal Makto

This is the birth of a police state. George Orwell predicted this. Bread and circus is no longer an effective way to control the vox populi, so now the boots stomping faces are becoming the new method of control.

I think we would be going with the Huxley alternative if we could afford it so to speak, because most of the recent unrest is the result of the standard of living going down, so that enough people can no longer afford bread and circus. I think the time before the whole economic crisis, society was well on its way to Brave New World. That is of course only because those who reap the benefits of our society also get to make all the rules, and the rest suffer in oblivion.

But now that people have woken up to realize how wrong our world is, there is no easy way of going back to status quo with lies and misinformation. That's the way I see it anyways.

Originally Posted by Clarke

...Is there a preferable alternative? Stuff takes money to store.

Stop making so much stuff that is only good for killing? Then I realize this is America we are talking about...