&gt; by then we’d be under military control<p>You&#x27;re in America - you are.  You live in a militarized police state.  The police don&#x27;t consider themselves civilians anymore.  They deploy en masse with automatic weapons, <i>green</i> military uniforms, armoured vehicles to steal from and generally terrorize the populace.<p>&gt; Stories of strings being pulled by hidden hands<p>They are not all that hidden.  Corporate money being used for political campaigns.  Some are slightly more hidden.  The &quot;free trade&quot; deals being enacted recently.