A Nanny State Idiocracy: A Tale of Too Many Laws and Too Little Freedom

John W. Whitehead
9 min readMay 15, 2024

“Whether the mask is labeled fascism, democracy, or dictatorship of the proletariat, our great adversary remains the apparatus — the bureaucracy, the police, the military.” — Simone Weil, French philosopher

We are caught in a vicious cycle of too many laws, too many cops, and too little freedom.

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John W. Whitehead

Constitutional attorney John W. Whitehead, president of The Rutherford Institute, is one of the nation’s leading advocates of civil liberties and human rights.