That’s very disturbing!! I thought it was bad enough when those things came to the city, but now almost every small town in AZ has them. So I couldn’t run away even if I wanted to! At least Nappy’s spy cameras on the state highways were removed after she left, one small victory for the subjects of the state.
My parents and grandparents escaped from Stalin, and I lost many relatives in Siberia. Within one generation (and my youngest sister is only in her early 30s), we are here again. I feel sickest for my parents — I only have one grandmother left and she has dementia — but my parents see this happening all over again.
(Oh and I forgot another one of my favorites, Google spy cams watching us in our formerly private backyards, we have high walls all around the yard because of the pool. And their “street-view” peering in our front windows, those of us who aren’t in gated or secluded locations.)
I hear you, and I have seen a few of your posts on a numeber of threads sharing your experience and that of your parents. I’m sorry it was come to this, really, but I suppose that each and every generation has to learn this lesson themselves (Jefferson did say it lasted about 20 years, IIRC).
Of three close friends I had that became officers, one (one of the kindest, respectful guys I know) quit because he couldn’t stand it, the other (an average guy, but a bit “cocky”) quit and joined the military, I guess to broaden his Horizons (a step up for him, I suppose), and the third is still an officer, who, sadly, who is not only an Obama/Reid supporter, but also had many, many feelings of inadequacy growing up. He grew up without his father, and while nice enough, did have a bit of a controlling complex and anger issues even as a youth. I guess he found his niche.
P.S. I know dozens more officers, these are just 3 I knew from the days of being a kid, through adulthood, and they all went to work for the same PD.