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| − | '''Police State''' is a term used to describe a [[government]] that has imposed ruthless and restrictive measures over its | + | '''Police State''' is a term used to describe a [[government]] that has imposed ruthless and restrictive measures over its [[citizen]]s. The measures can include heavy [[surveillance]], repression of [[free speech]] and [[freedom of religion]], rigid rules in terms of association, government control over the [[media]] and [[political]] [[tyranny]] including [[gun registration]] and [[gun control]] leading to [[gun confiscation]] and disarming the citizens. [[Nazi]] [[Germany]] and other [[socialist]]-[[communist]] regimes such as [[Cuba]] are examples of police states. [[George Orwell]]'s novel ''[[1984]]'' is a fictional example of a police state. |
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| + | * [[Nanny State]] | ||
| + | * [[Welfare State]] | ||
| + | * [[Gun control]] | ||
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| + | [[Category:Gun control]] | ||
[[Category:Oppression]] | [[Category:Oppression]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Communism]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Socialism]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Marxist terminology]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Forms of Government]] | ||
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Revision as of 19:04, March 28, 2014
Police State is a term used to describe a government that has imposed ruthless and restrictive measures over its citizens. The measures can include heavy surveillance, repression of free speech and freedom of religion, rigid rules in terms of association, government control over the media and political tyranny including gun registration and gun control leading to gun confiscation and disarming the citizens. Nazi Germany and other socialist-communist regimes such as Cuba are examples of police states. George Orwell's novel 1984 is a fictional example of a police state.
See Also