Stasi State
In Germany during the "Soviet" era, the police, that were supposed to protect people, were turned into brutal enforcers of communist ideology. It has been described as one of the most effective and repressive intelligence and secret police agencies ever to have existed. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stasi Children spied on their parents. Neighbor spied on neighbor. Half the population spied on the other half. You could easily cancel someone by saying something to the stasi . God forbid you say anything that was not inline with communist dogma, it would not end well. The Stasi was there to enforce ideology. That could not happen here, in the USA could it? Democrats claimed that Putins Russia tiped the 2016 election. Extensive investigations revealed a half hearted attempt by some Russian spammers had little or no effect on the 2016 election....