End of America

10 steps to closing an open society.
1. Invoke an internal and external threat.
2. Secret prisons where torture takes place.
3. Develop a paramilitary force.
4. Surveil ordinary citizens.
5. Infiltrate citizens groups.
6. Detain & release citizens.
7. Target key individuals.
8. Restrict the press.
9. Recast criticism as espionage and dissent treason.
10. Subvert the rules of law.




The night after I watched this movie, I awoke to the following article in the New York Times.


And then I wondered what's next?