Fighting the Failure in Public Will

[Otto]

"We live in a time when fictitious election results elect a fictitious
president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for
fictitious reasons."
(...)
Berlin in 1936 is a fairly good analogy for where Moore thinks America is at
the moment. Not that he is comparing Bush to Hitler, but because he believes
America's democracy is in peril, as Germany's was in the years following the
burning down of the Reichstag. "Since 9/11, the Bush administration has used
that tragic event as a justification to rip up our constitution and our
civil liberties. And I honestly believe that one or two 9/11s, and martial
law will be declared in our country and we're inching towards a police
state." He admits "it's not happening tomorrow", but some well-placed
suicide bombs or terrorist attacks, he believes, could change everything.
"At that point, you will find millions of Americans clamouring for martial
law. I'm not talking about a takeover by Bush and his people. They won't
have to fire a shot. The American people will be so freaked out they will
demand that the White House take action, round up anyone and everyone.
That's what I fear. It won't happen with a bang but with the whimpering
sound of a frightened nation."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/michaelmoore/story/0,13947,1055591,00.html