{"id":87,"date":"2008-07-09T07:21:12","date_gmt":"2008-07-09T14:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chasingeden.com\/?p=87"},"modified":"2008-07-09T07:21:12","modified_gmt":"2008-07-09T14:21:12","slug":"kafka-catch-22-the-police-state-and-the-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chasingeden.com\/?p=87","title":{"rendered":"Kafka, Catch 22, the Police State, and the USA"},"content":{"rendered":"\t

This really is one of the most troubling things I’ve read in years<\/a>.\u00a0 It is so bizarre you think you’re reading Catch 22 or some Kafka novel.\u00a0 It reminds you of the surreal, draconian stories of the police state of authoritarian regimes….but its in our own country.<\/p>\n\t

It is frightening really.\u00a0 You know it goes on I suppose, but to hear the story like that, with all its absurdity, reminds me that the difference between “us” and the “them” we are supposedly against….is very, very thin.\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This really is one of the most troubling things I’ve read in years.\u00a0 It is so bizarre you think you’re reading Catch 22 or some Kafka novel.\u00a0 It reminds you of the surreal, draconian stories of the police state of authoritarian regimes….but its in our own country. It is frightening really.\u00a0 You know it goes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3IMYj-1p","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":57,"url":"http:\/\/chasingeden.com\/?p=57","url_meta":{"origin":87,"position":0},"title":"To catch a predator:","author":"kellio","date":"March 6, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Or not?\u00a0 This one is funny.","rel":"","context":"In "Asides"","block_context":{"text":"Asides","link":"http:\/\/chasingeden.com\/?cat=23"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":117,"url":"http:\/\/chasingeden.com\/?p=117","url_meta":{"origin":87,"position":1},"title":"I’m on vacation","author":"kellio","date":"December 17, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Due to a change in vacation policy at work, I've had to take a large amount of vacation here at the end of the year.\u00a0 I planned alot of projects around the house and I'm taking a short trip for my Mom's bday, and will have Xmas stuff as well...so\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":504,"url":"http:\/\/chasingeden.com\/?p=504","url_meta":{"origin":87,"position":2},"title":"Why do banks need our deposits?","author":"kellio","date":"October 17, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"How we think it works: We deposit our money at the bank and the bank then lends out that money to others, right? 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