As in any social or political system, there are a series of unique characteristics that determines essentially what it is. A government that operates as a totalitarian, or fascist state is generally characterized as having 14 traits.
Our government is established to be a democratic republic, but in these past four years, I have been feeling a little more like I'm living in a police state than a free country. There certainly has been an Orwellian "we're being watched" underpinning to our culture over the past four years.
You have to wonder, if Bush is reelected, will we become that futuristic totalitarian state that Orwell warned us about?
The link above might shed some light on the subject.
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