I can guarantee you that the current LEO's I know and the ones currently out of the field will not let this country fall into some kind of dictatorship! Nor are they going to be the ones handing this country over to some group. That is laughable in my mind.
I disagree. There is a lot of context here that needs to be taken into account and a lot of information that needs to considered before you make a prediction like this. Here are some general categories that I think you would be very surprised if you started to do a little research.
1. You need to take into account the history of governments in this world. The pattern is that they grow and collapse. They grow again and collapse. The reasons that they collapse vary, but one thing they all have in common is that moral compass of authority is always compromised. People in power may start out with good intentions, but those morph over time into evil. Various countries around the world exist on a continuum of degradation and will eventually proceed toward collapse.
2. You need to take the philosophy of the Founding Fathers into account and understand how incremental rationalization over time has undermined the protective power of the Constitution. The document began to fail shortly after it was drawn up and signed and I think this reflects the general inability to control power.
3. You need to be able to look at your country from an objective perspective and consider the actions that show how power is being applied. This will give you an accurate picture of your threat level from government. For example in the USA, our authorities have declared that citizens can be killed, captured and imprisoned without trial indefinitely. They have declared that torture is acceptable. They have declared that you have no privacy and that they have the right to literally watch everything you do. They are currently chipping away at your right to use force and carry weapons. They are actively initiating force against peaceful citizens engaged in all sorts of non-violent activities. They have more citizens locked in cages then any other country per capita. Most of these people are in cages for non-violent crimes. This country now engages in aggressive war overseas. I can go on and on and on.
If you look at this objectively, the warning bells of tyranny are sounding. The founding fathers of the US would be screaming for revolution, but the slow grind of incremental rationalization of those in power have slowly turned down the volume so that most people can't hear it.
So, what about the government officials who are charged with carrying out all of this? On the whole, their actions have shown that someone will always obey the orders of those in power, no matter how heinous. I highly suggest you check out the statistics given in the Milgram Experiment. 65% of people in the experiment delivered a fatal shock for not answering a question correctly, simply because they were told to do so. What this goes to show you is power and the obedience to power has surrounded you with sociopaths. Most people will hurt and kill you if you do not obey.
