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You do need a decent number of police for a police state.
My dad said when he was in Spain in the 60s police never travelled in less than 2s, due to the risk of them being bumbed off or kidnapped. I wonder if the same happened in Greece or East Germany?
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They traveled in 3s, one could read, one could write and one to keep an eye on the two dangerous intellectuals.
Thank you, I’m here all week, try the tofu
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Slightly off topic but I remember reading about the East German secret police. It was reckoned that 1 in 3 people were in the pay of the Stazi to keep an eye on what the population were up to...
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I was thinking about this incident a lot today.
I personally don't believe we've got a police force that is actively trying to crack down on journalists so tend to think that this is just sheer ineptitude more than anything.
That said, can I hand on heart say that we aren't headed in that direction? Not really! If somebody told me that in two years journalists would be regularly arrested for covering protests I'd believe you.