The Great Transformation: From the Welfare State to the Imperial Police State

by James Petras / July 14th, 2012

The United States has experienced the biggest political upheaval in its recent history: the transformation of a burgeoning welfare state into a rapidly expanding, highly intrusive and deeply entrenched police state, linked to the most developed technological innovations.The Great Transformation occurred exclusively from above, organized by the upper echelons of the civil and military bureaucracy under the direction of the Executive and his National Security Council. The Great Transformation was not a single event but a process of the accumulation of powers, via executive fiats, supported …

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