It is conditioning. They have been baby stepping the USA into a police state since 9-11. If the dollar or economy collapses, or if people get fed up and start picking off police one at a time, or any other unforeseen situation arises where they need to have control, the new and improved militarized police can now react with an overwhelming show of force to subdue the peasants, and be equipped to out gun any gang or militia that counters them. And by that time, everyone will be used to it so it will be accepted as the norm no matter how brutal their actions may be. Perhaps not in our lifetime, but in our children's lifetime.
My first trip to Venezuela back in 1999 was a real eye opener for me. In Caracas they had military police roaming the streets (in large numbers) in full tactical gear with attack dogs, and it was very intimidating. It was a bit scary to be honest, because I had never seen anything like it before. I remember thinking how thankful I was that I was going home to a country where the police didn't look like that. Fast forward a decade and look at them now. The only difference is they are not yet roaming the streets in units, on foot, with attack dogs, intimidating the people and pushing them around at random. But it's coming, count on it.
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