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| − | '''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 [[religion]], rigid rules in terms of association, government control over the [[media]] and [[political]] tyranny. [[Nazi]] [[Germany]] and other [[socialist]] regimes such as [[Cuba]] are examples of police states. [[George Orwell]]'s novel ''1984'' is a fictional example of a police state. | + | '''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]]. [[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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Revision as of 18:55, 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. 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.
