2024 Is the New 1984: Big Brother and the Rise of the Security Industrial Complex :An unofficial fourth branch of government, the Surveillance State came into being without any electoral mandate or constitutional referendum, and yet it possesses superpowers, above and beyond those of any other government agency save the military. It operates beyond the reach of the president, Congress and the courts, and it marches in lockstep with the corporate elite who really call the shots in Washington, DC. This is the new face of tyranny in America: all-knowing, all-seeing and all-powerful. https://www.theburningplatform.com/2024/02/07/2024-is-the-new-1984-big-brother-and-the-rise-of-the-security-industrial-complex/