Police Statism

"The deterioration in police conduct, and the militarization of local police forces, quite simply and quite predictably mirrors the rise of the total state itself."

File:Paleoaltr.png Jeff Deist

"WOOP WOOP, IT'S THE SOUND OF THE PLOICE"

Matt Rose, while reading the u/Beautiful_Fishing569's title on File:Reddit.png Reddit.

Police Statism or PolStat is an ideology or form of government that exercises power through the power of the police force. Originally, PolStat was defined as an ideology advocating for a state-regulated by a civil administration, but since the beginning of the 20th century it has "taken on an emotional and derogatory meaning" by describing an undesirable state of living characterized by the overbearing presence of civil authorities.

The inhabitants of a police state may experience restrictions on their mobility, or on their freedom to express or communicate political or other views, which are subject to police monitoring or enforcement. Political control may be exerted by means of a secret police force that operates outside the boundaries normally imposed by a constitutional state.

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File:Militia.png Militia

Militia is military or paramilitary organization joined by civilians. It is often created in times of crisis for regular army to draw people from.

In some cases militia operates outside state jurisdiction being private military company, guerrilla forces etc.

File:CounterIntelState.png Securocracy

A counterintelligence state is a state where the state's security service penetrates and permeates all societal institutions, including the military. The term has been applied by historians and political commentators to the former Soviet Union, the former German Democratic Republic, Cuba after the 1959 revolution, Iraq under Saddam Hussein, China under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and post-Soviet Russia under Vladimir Putin, especially since 2012.

According to one definition, "The counterintelligence state is characterized by the presence of a large, elite force acting as a watchdog of a security defined as broadly that the state must maintain an enormous vigilance and enforcement apparatus... This apparatus is not accountable to the public and enjoys immense police powers... Whether the civilian government is able to control the security bodies is an open question; indeed the civilian government is so penetrated by the apparatus that there is no clear distinction between the two."

History

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File:Patel.png Patelism is the ideology of former British home secretary Priti Patel, who served from 2019 to 2022. As home secretary, Patel took a tough stance on crime. Patel is infamous for singing the Rwanda asylum plan, a plan that would involve relocating asylum seekers to File:Cball-Rwanda.png Rwanda. Outside of being home secretary, Patel identifies herself as a File:Thatcher.png Thatcherite, and heavily supported and advocated for File:Euroscept.png Brexit.

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File:Okhrana.png Okhrana

The Okhrana, formally known as the Department for Protecting the Public Security and Order, functioned as the secret police of the late Russian Empire. Established in the 1880s under Tsarist authority, it emerged in response to growing revolutionary movements, particularly after the assassination of Alexander II in 1881. This event shaped the Okhrana’s core mission: the preservation of File:Tsar.pngTsarism through the suppression of political dissent. From the outset, its operations reflected authoritarian conservatism, emphasizing order, hierarchy, and loyalty to the autocratic state over political participation or reform.

The Okhrana’s early activities were defined by aggressive opposition to revolutionary ideologies. It targeted anarchists, socialists, and Marxists through infiltration, surveillance, and arrest. These policies intensified in response to the emergence of revolutionary groups such as those that would later align with Vladimir Lenin. The Okhrana viewed Lenin and his associates as existential threats, even before the Bolsheviks seized power.

Before the political upheavals of 1905, the Okhrana operated within a framework that was openly anti-democratic and File:RightAntiLib.pnganti-liberal. Political representation, constitutional reform, and progressive movements were treated as destabilizing forces. This position reflected a deeper File:CountEn.pngcounter-Enlightenment orientation, rejecting the spread of liberal political philosophy in favor of autocratic governance rooted in tradition. The agency’s mission aligned with the ideological concept of an “All-Russian Nation,” which sought to unify the empire under a singular political and cultural identity, reinforcing both national conservatism and imperial cohesion.

The Russian Revolution of 1905 forced partial concessions from the Tsarist regime, including the creation of the Duma. However, the Okhrana continued to undermine democratic development by surveilling political parties and manipulating opposition groups. This period illustrates the system’s reactionary modernism: while adopting modern surveillance techniques and bureaucratic methods, it used them to preserve a fundamentally reactionary political order. The Okhrana’s infiltration of revolutionary organizations, including the use of double agents, demonstrated a sophisticated application of counterintelligence statism long before similar systems became widespread in the twentieth century.

The agency also played a role in enforcing the social and religious hierarchy of the empire. Its alignment with File:Orth-Russia.pngOrthodox theocracy reflected the Tsarist belief that political authority was divinely sanctioned through the Russian Orthodox Church. This ideological framework justified repression of religious and ethnic minorities, contributing to documented instances of anti-Semitism and broader xenophobic policies. These actions were often rationalized as necessary to maintain social stability and imperial unity.

Economically, the Okhrana operated within a system that can be described as File:ReactCap.pngauthoritarian capitalism, where private enterprise existed but remained subordinate to state authority. Its primary concern was not economic management itself, but ensuring that economic actors did not support revolutionary movements or destabilize the regime. This focus reinforced the broader structure of File:RussianImperalism.pngimperialism, as the Russian state sought to maintain control over its vast and diverse territories through both political repression and centralized authority.

Militarization also defined the Okhrana’s operational logic. Its close coordination with the military and its use of force against civilian populations reflected elements of File:StratoCon.pngstratocracy, where military-style discipline and coercion shaped governance. The agency’s readiness to suppress protests, strikes, and uprisings positioned it as a key instrument of state violence during periods of unrest.

In historical perspective, the Okhrana represents one of the earliest modern secret police organizations, combining traditional autocratic ideology with emerging surveillance techniques. Its commitment to reactionaryism, anti-revolutionary enforcement, and centralized control illustrates how late imperial Russia attempted to resist the political transformations sweeping Europe. Despite its extensive efforts, the system ultimately failed to prevent the Russian Revolution of 1917, revealing the limits of repression as a long-term strategy for maintaining political authority.

File:Trot.pngFile:VChK.png Red Terror File:Tsar.pngFile:RussianWhites.png

The Red Terror in Soviet Russia was a campaign of political repression and executions, during the Russian Civil War (1917/1918-1922) carried out by the Bolsheviks, chiefly through the All-Russian Extraordinary Commission (Cheka), the Bolshevik secret police, led by Feliks Dzierżyński. The Red Terror was modeled on the Reign of Terror of the French Revolution and sought to eliminate political dissent, opposition, and those who went against the Bolshevik cause. Among the victims of the Red Terror were tsarists, liberals, non-Bolshevik socialists, members of the clergy, ordinary criminals, counter-revolutionaries, and other political dissidents. The total number of estimated executions carried out by the Cheka during the Red Terror ranges from 50 000 to 200 000.

File:Yezhov.png Nikolai Yezhov

Nikolai Yezhov served as the head of the NKVD from 1936 to 1938. Yezhov’s rise coincided with Joseph Stalin’s Great Purge, and his policies were instrumental in enforcing File:TotCommie.pngtotalitarianism and consolidating centralized control over the Soviet state. The era was marked by extreme File:Tankie.pngstratocracy, where the military, secret police, and bureaucratic apparatus were deployed to maintain ideological and political conformity. Yezhov’s personal ruthlessness, coupled with the institutional structures he commanded, created a climate of fear and repression that became emblematic of Soviet governance at its most authoritarian.

Under Yezhov, the Gulag system expanded dramatically. Political prisoners, perceived enemies of the state, and ethnic minorities were systematically arrested, deported, or executed. This implementation of File:EthnicCleansing.pngethnic cleansing and mass repression was intertwined with pronounced File:Xenophobia.pngxenophobia, targeting groups such as File:LeftAntisem.pngJews, Greeks, Koreans , and Poles. Yezhov’s policies were often ideologically justified through a distorted interpretation of Marxism–Leninism and Stalinist doctrine, framing purges as necessary to eliminate counter-revolutionaries, while simultaneously reflecting his own personal inclinations toward File:StalinChauv.pngchauvinism, File:Sadist.pngsadism, and File:Misanthropy.pngmisanthropy.

Yezhov’s enforcement style demonstrated elements of File:CounterIntelState.pngcounterintelligence statism and File:LeftKrater.pngkraterocracy, wherein power was concentrated in the hands of those who could navigate and control violence and fear. The purges under his watch, historically referred to as the File:CommunistTerrorism.pngYezhovshchina, targeted both political rivals and ordinary citizens, with arbitrary arrests and executions becoming routine.

Yezhovism’s historical impact lies in its illustration of how totalitarian systems can be weaponized by individual actors, combining ideological fervor with personal ambition and cruelty. Its legacy—the purges, the expansion of the Gulag, and the climate of fear—demonstrates the destructive potential of intertwining stratocracy, counterintelligence, and state-sanctioned violence. The Yezhov period remains a critical example of the human and institutional costs of unchecked authoritarianism.

File:Yagoda.png Yagoda

Genrikh Yagoda, as head of the Soviet secret police during the early 1930s, was a central architect of Stalinist security apparatuses. Rising through the ranks of the OGPU, Yagoda played a key role in consolidating Soviet internal security, which involved the implementation of File:CommunistTerrorism.pngstate terrorism and systemic File:Gulag.pngGulag administration. His management of forced labor camps and orchestrated purges demonstrates his practical commitment to File:TotCommie.pngtotalitarianism, even as his personal sympathies occasionally diverged from official Stalinist orthodoxy.

While publicly enforcing party orthodoxy, Yagoda’s internal positions were more nuanced. He was reportedly secretly sympathetic to Bukharinism, indicating a leaning toward moderate economic and political policies within the Communist Party, and secretly anti-Stalinist, suggesting opportunistic maneuvering to preserve personal survival amid ideological purges. These covert stances contrast sharply with his outward displays of loyalty, including enforcement of homophobia and participation in purges against political dissidents, highlighting the tension between survival and principle within authoritarian hierarchies.

Yagoda’s tenure also reflects a pragmatic engagement with governance and control. His orchestration of political purges and manipulation of the secret police bureaucracy exemplified File:CommieKakis.pngkakistocracy, where inefficiency and self-interest dominated institutional function. By exploiting existing structures for personal and political advantage, he maintained a balance between enforcing central power and navigating factional rivalries within the Soviet leadership.

Throughout his career, Yagoda faced accusations from Stalin and Yezhov that illustrate the risks inherent to his position. Allegations of File:Kapo.pngNazi collaborationism, File:Jnazbol.pngnational Bolshevism, File:SocFash.pngsocial fascism, and File:Trot.pngTrotskyism functioned both as political attacks and tools to justify his eventual execution. These accusations underscore how deviation from ideological conformity, whether real or perceived, could be weaponized to eliminate political rivals. Yagoda’s story therefore exemplifies the precariousness of power in totalitarian systems and the extreme measures leaders take to enforce both loyalty and fear.

Yagoda’s historical impact lies in his dual role as enforcer and subtle dissident. His secret sympathies for moderate policies contrast with his public role in state terror and Gulag administration, demonstrating the complex interplay between ideology, personal belief, and survival in authoritarian governance. By examining both his actions and the accusations against him, it becomes clear that Yagoda’s influence was not only structural—shaping the Soviet security state—but also personal, revealing the human dimensions of opportunism, ideological navigation, and moral compromise under totalitarian regimes.

Lavrentiy Beria

Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria was a File:Cball-Georgia.png Georgian Bolshevik and File:Cball-USSR.png Soviet politician, Marshal of the Soviet Union and state security administrator, chief of the Soviet security, and chief of File:NKVD.png the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD) under File:JosephStalin.png Joseph Stalin. Beria began his career in the Transcaucasian, during the early 1920s region as part of the Cheka, suppressing nationalist uprisings. In 1926, Beria took control of the File:OGPU.png Georgian OGPU; Sergo Ordzhonikidze, head of the Transcaucasian party, introduced him to fellow-Georgian Joseph Stalin. During his years at the helm of the File:OGPU.png Georgian OGPU, Beria effectively destroyed the intelligence networks that File:ROT.png Turkey and File:Cball-ImperialStateOfIran.png Iran had developed in the Soviet Caucasus, while successfully penetrating the governments of these countries with his agents.

In August 1938, Stalin brought Beria to File:Sball-Moscow.png Moscow as deputy head of the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD), the ministry which oversaw the state security and police forces. Under Nikolai Yezhov, the NKVD carried out the Great Purge: the imprisonment or execution of a huge proportion, possibly over a million, of citizens throughout the Soviet Union as alleged "enemies of the people". In September of the same year, Beria was appointed head of the Main Administration of State Security (GUGB) of the NKVD, marking an easing of the repression begun under Yezhov. Over 100,000 people were released from the labor camps. The liberalization was only relative: arrests and executions continued, and in 1940 the pace of the purges accelerated again as Beria supervised deportations of people identified as "political enemies" from Poland, File:Cball-Lithuania.png Lithuania, File:Cball-Latvia.png Latvia, and File:Cball-Estonia.png Estonia after Soviet occupation of those countries.

On 5 March 1940, after the Gestapo–NKVD Third Conference was held in Zakopane, Beria sent a note to Stalin in which he stated that the Polish prisoners of war kept at camps and prisons in western Belarus and Ukraine were enemies of the Soviet Union, and recommended their execution. Most of them were military officers, but there were also intelligentsia, doctors, priests, and others a total of 22,000 people. With Stalin's approval, Beria's NKVD executed them in what became known as the Katyn massacre.

In February 1941, Beria became deputy chairman of the Council of People's Commissars, and in June, following Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union, he became a member of the State Defense Committee (GKO). Throughout the war, Beria ordered the population transfer, deportations, and genocides of the various ethnic minorities accused of anti-sovietism and/or collaboration with the invaders, including hundreds of thousands of Chechens, Crimean Tatars, Pontic Greeks, and Volga Germans, to Central Asia.

In January 1946, Beria resigned as chief of the NKVD while retaining general control over national security matters as Deputy Prime Minister and Curator of the Organs of State Security under Stalin. During the postwar years, Beria supervised the establishment of communist regimes in Eastern Europe and chose their Soviet-backed leaders.

After Stalin's death in 1953, Beria was appointed First Deputy Premier and reappointed head of the MVD, which he merged with the MGB. His close ally Malenkov was the new Premier and initially the most powerful man in the post-Stalin leadership. Beria undertook some measures of liberalization immediately after Stalin's death such as the mass release and amnesty of over a million prisoners, resulting in a substantial increase in crime. Beria earned himself many enemies in the Politburo and on 26 June 1953, Beria was arrested and held in an undisclosed location near Moscow. Beria was found guilty of; Treason, Terrorism, and Counterrevolutionary activity, and was sentenced to death on the day of the trial.

Andropovism

Yuri Andropov emerged as one of the most influential figures in the late Soviet period, first through his long tenure as chairman of the KGB from 1967 to 1982, and later as General Secretary of the Communist Party from 1982 until his death in 1984. His career was shaped by the institutional logic of counterintelligence statism, where internal surveillance, ideological enforcement, and political control formed the backbone of governance. During his time in the KGB, Andropov expanded monitoring of intellectuals, dissidents, and reformist currents, reinforcing the Soviet commitment to autocracy under the framework of File:ModerateML.pngMarxism–Leninism.

Before his rise to national leadership, Andropov served as ambassador to Hungary during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. His experience during the uprising, witnessing the rapid collapse of communist authority under mass protest, Andropov concluded that reform without control risked systemic breakdown. This event directly informed his later anti-liberalism and commitment to strong centralized authority, reinforcing his belief that internal dissent must be managed through surveillance and force when necessary. At the same time, it shaped his anti-Americanism, as he interpreted Western influence as a destabilizing factor behind socialist uprisings.

When Andropov assumed leadership after the death of Leonid Brezhnev, he inherited a system widely criticized for stagnation, corruption, and bureaucratic inertia given the File:Gero.pngaging leadership elite. In response, Andropov launched a series of anti-corruption campaigns targeting absenteeism, black-market activity, and administrative inefficiency. Police raids on workplaces and public spaces were used to enforce discipline, demonstrating how his reformism operated through coercive mechanisms rather than liberalization. This approach reflected his broader belief that systemic renewal required tightening control rather than loosening it.

Despite his reputation as a hardliner, Andropov also displayed elements of cautious File:Socialist Reformism.pngreformism. He supported limited economic experimentation, including discussions around File:StateMarksoc.pngmarket socialism, which sought to introduce efficiency mechanisms into the planned economy without abandoning state ownership. These ideas aligned with the concept of developed socialism, the official doctrine that the Soviet Union had reached a mature stage of socialist development requiring refinement rather than revolution. Andropov’s engagement with these ideas suggests that he recognized structural economic weaknesses, even if his solutions remained constrained within the ideological boundaries of the system.

At the same time, his governance revealed traits associated with File:Mediocracy.pngmediocracy, where advancement within the system depended more on loyalty and bureaucratic alignment than innovation. While he attempted to address inefficiencies, the institutional culture he operated within limited the depth of transformation. His reforms therefore remained partial, constrained by both time and the structural rigidity of Soviet governance.

Andropov’s leadership represents a transitional moment in Soviet history. His policies combined strict File:CounterIntelState.pngcounterintelligence control, ideological orthodoxy, and selective reform, anticipating later changes under Mikhail Gorbachev while stopping short of systemic transformation. His legacy lies in demonstrating that segments of the Soviet elite recognized the need for change, yet remained committed to preserving centralized authority. This tension—between reform and control, adaptation and preservation—defined both his leadership and the final decade of the Soviet Union.

File:FSB.pngFederal Security Service / FSB

The Federal Security Service, known in Russian as the FSB, serves as the main domestic security agency of the Russian Federation, tracing its lineage to the Soviet-era KGB. Its historical origins lie in post-Soviet restructuring of intelligence and counterintelligence organizations during the 1990s, consolidating powers to maintain state security amid political and economic instability. The agency’s role extends beyond intelligence gathering, encompassing internal policing, counterterrorism, and the suppression of perceived ideological threats to the state. This operational breadth reflects the organizational philosophy of presidentialism, where authority is concentrated around executive leadership, ensuring direct control over national security functions.

The FSB’s counterterrorism focus is exemplified in its anti-jihadism and anti-separatism activities. High-profile operations in the North Caucasus, particularly Chechnya, illustrate a doctrine where militant Islamist movements are viewed as existential threats to national cohesion. These operations often blend intelligence, military intervention, and legal enforcement, revealing a preference for File:Econtot.pngeconomic totalitarianism and state-directed measures to suppress perceived disorder. The agency has also been accused of File:Islamophobia.pnganti-Islamic tendencies, which critics argue extend beyond militant suppression into broader religious discrimination, though the FSB frames these actions as security imperatives.

The FSB maintains a robust ideological and regulatory stance, informed by historical continuities from Soviet-era security doctrines. Concepts such as File:Neostalin.pngneo-Stalinism (some) and collaboration with Juche–aligned policies during diplomatic or intelligence cooperation demonstrate a selective embrace of authoritarian governance models. For example, in domestic political operations, FSB officials implement regulationism by guiding economic and organizational compliance among strategic industries, ensuring alignment with Kremlin objectives. These policies often intertwine with File:Medvedev.pngMedvedevism and File:Putin.pngPutinism, reflecting broader trends in Russian executive consolidation and state-centered power management.

Civil liberties are frequently subordinated to state priorities, particularly in areas targeting social and political groups considered destabilizing. The FSB’s surveillance and enforcement extend to anti-LGBT+, anti-Jehovah's Witnesses, and anti-anarchism initiatives. High-profile raids and legal restrictions illustrate a philosophy where social conformity and the suppression of ideological divergence are integral to national stability. Similarly, the agency publicly frames itself as anti-Nazi , actively monitoring extremist groups, though critics suggest selective enforcement aligned with strategic political narratives.

The legal framework surrounding the FSB has sparked allegations of File:LegalNihil.pnglegal nihilism, as the agency exercises broad discretion in defining security violations and prosecuting individuals. This perception arises from high-profile cases of political dissidents, journalists, and activists facing detention under vaguely defined security statutes. Through this lens, the FSB embodies File:ConTot.pngtotalitarian conservatism, merging traditionalist social control with modern surveillance capabilities to safeguard state continuity.

In sum, the Federal Security Service represents a synthesis of domestic intelligence, authoritarian governance, and ideological enforcement. Its operations illustrate a persistent tension between security objectives and civil liberties, blending historical Soviet methods with contemporary Putinist political consolidation. The agency’s combination of presidentialism, ideological suppression, and regulatory control defines its central role in Russian statecraft and highlights the enduring influence of security-centric governance in post-Soviet political structures.

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File:Freikorps.png Freikorps

Freikorps (meaning volunteer corps or free regiments) were irregular German and other European military volunteer units, or paramilitary, that existed from the 18th to the early 20th centuries, which fought as mercenaries or private armies, for governments and people of high status. In Germany, in the aftermath of World War I, Freikorps consisted largely of World War I veterans who fought on behalf of the File:GerSPD.png SPD-led government of File:Ebert.png Friedrich Ebert to crush File:Cball-USSR.png Soviet-backed communist uprisings which attempted to overthrow the Weimar Republic. Minister of Defence and SPD member Gustav Noske also relied on the Freikorps to suppress the German Revolution of 1918-19 as well as the Marxist Spartacist League, culminating in the summary execution of revolutionary communist leaders Karl Liebknecht and File:Rozalia.png Rosa Luxemburg on 15 January 1919.

After the Freikorps' decline in influence in the 1920s, the rise of the Nazis would see a renewed rise in Freikorps activity, as many members or ex-members were drawn to the party's marrying of military and political life and extreme nationalism by joining the File:SA.png Sturmabteilung (SA) and File:Waffen SS.png Schutzstaffel (SS). The Freikorps were used by the Nazis as thugs to engage in street brawls with communists and to break up communist and socialist meetings.

Eventually, File:Hitler.png Adolf Hitler came to view the Freikorps as a nuisance and possible threat to his consolidation of power. During the Night of the Long Knives in 1934, an internal purge of Hitler's enemies within the Nazi Party, numerous Freikorps members and leaders were targeted for killing or arrest, including Freikorps commander Hermann Ehrhardt and SA leader File:PinkFash.png Ernst Röhm.

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The Gestapo (Geheime Staatspolizei) was established in 1933 as the official secret police of Nazi Germany, functioning as a central instrument of state control and repression. Its creation was deeply tied to the consolidation of Adolf Hitler’s regime, reflecting a deliberate strategy of File:NaziButcher.pngtotalitarianism in which political dissent, perceived threats, and minority populations were systematically eliminated or suppressed. The Gestapo operated at the intersection of intelligence gathering and law enforcement, enforcing ideological conformity through surveillance, arbitrary detention, and extrajudicial measures, demonstrating the organization’s commitment to File:Terrorist.pngstate terrorism as a method of governance.

Structurally, the Gestapo exemplified a highly militarized bureaucratic model, heavily influenced by the File:Tnospartanism.pngSchutzstaffel (SS) stratocracy. Officers were trained and deployed in a fashion that merged military discipline with political policing, ensuring that the enforcement of laws served the ideological imperatives of the Nazi state. This militarization was not merely procedural; it reinforced the regime’s broader File:Lebensraum ball.pngimperialism, as Gestapo units extended operations into occupied territories, implementing policies of oppression, forced labor, and ethnic cleansing. The Gestapo’s integration into the SS hierarchy also allowed it to participate in the broader apparatus of Nazi power, ensuring that its actions were aligned with the racial, political, and territorial ambitions of the regime.

Ideologically, the Gestapo operated as a vehicle of File:CounterIntelState.pngcounterintelligence statism and esoteric fascism, focusing on eliminating any potential political, social, or intellectual threats to the Nazi order. This included monitoring not only communists, socialists, and trade unionists, but also churches, academic circles, and private networks suspected of dissent. The organization’s practices reinforced Nazism through the constant surveillance of German society, encouraging self-policing among citizens while creating a climate of fear that suppressed opposition. The Gestapo’s enforcement of racial and political hierarchies also intertwined with its broader participation in kleptocracy, as it oversaw the seizure of property from Jews, political opponents, and occupied populations, channeling resources into the state and elite-controlled economy.

The Gestapo’s methods illustrate how totalitarian regimes operationalize ideology through coercive state institutions. Its role was both preventative and punitive: it preempted resistance through intelligence operations, but also punished deviation with extreme measures, consolidating Nazi authority while advancing its domestic and imperial agendas. By functioning as an instrument of state terrorism, the Gestapo ensured that the political, racial, and social vision of the Third Reich was maintained with minimal internal dissent, setting a model for the use of secret police in authoritarian systems. Its legacy remains a stark example of how bureaucratic, militarized, and ideologically driven policing can enforce absolute state control.

File:Stasi.png Stasi

The Stasi (Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, or Ministry for State Security) was the official state security organization of the File:Cball-EastGermany.png German Democratic Republic or commonly known as East Germany. Its history is marked by pervasive surveillance, repression, and control over nearly every aspect of citizens' lives. Founded in 1950 and modeled after the File:KGB.png KGB, it initially focused on finding and supressing the percieved enemies of the new state, such as dissidents, former nazis and those who attempt to flee the country. Over its course, the Stasi infiltrated all levels of East German society, including workplaces, schools, churches, and even families through IMs (Inoffizielle Mitarbeiter, meaning unofficial collaborators); focused on preemptive repression, aiming to identify and neutralize potential opposition before they could organize as well as gathering intelligence and supporting socialist uprisings throughout the world.

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• File:RedTerror.png Józef Światło, born Izaak Fleischfarb, was a high-ranking official in the Ministry of Public Security of Poland (UB), in the Polish People's Republic, who served as deputy director of the 10th Department run by Anatol Fejgin. Known for supervising the arrest of hundreds of dissidents and the torture of political prisoners, he was nicknamed "the Butcher" by the detainees. After the death of Stalin in 1953, Światło who at the time was on a mission in East Germany began to fear that he would be scapegoated for the death of the Soviet leader, leading to him defecting to the west. The United States gave him political asylum with the full knowledge that "he would have to be protected for the rest of his life because the number of his victims and relatives of victims sworn to exact retribution was so great." Światło's defection to the enemy became widely publicized in Polish state media labeled him a "traitor" and a "provocateur." Over the course of the following months, US newspapers and Radio Free Europe (in the "Behind the scenes of the secret service and the party" cycle) reported extensively on political repression in Poland based on Światło's revelations. Capitalizing on them, in what was known as "Operation Spotlight", RFE broadcasted some 140 interviews and 30 programs with Światło and distributed them over Poland to encourage Polish citizens to rebel against the communist authorities. Światło's defection and collaboration with the US contributed to the events of political liberalization in Poland, known as the Polish October.

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• Re-education through labor (劳动教养 laojiao) was a system of administrative detention in the People's Republic of China, active from 1957 to 2013, with the purpose of detaining persons who were accused of minor crimes such as petty theft, prostitution, and trafficking illegal drugs, as well as political dissidents, petitioners. It was separate from the much larger laogai system of prison labor camps which is meant for more serious criminal offenses. And from 1999, the new “610 Office” was created to suppress and torture File:Falun Gong Theo.png Falun Gong followers. Sentences under re-education through labor were typically for one to three years, with the possibility of an additional one-year extension. (In reality, for Falun Gong practitioners the sentences were made much longer because people were often transported to a different camp when their sentences were finished). They were issued as a form of administrative punishment by police, rather than through the judicial system. While they were incarcerated, detainees were often subject to some form of political education. Estimates on the number of RTL detainees in any given year range from 190,000 to two million. In 2013, there were approximately 350 RTL camps in operation.

Laojiao was significantly expanded under the regime of File:Jiang Tze-min.png Jiang Zemin (1989-2004) who used the persecution of Falun Gong and other spiritual movements as part of a strategy to maintain tight control over China's political system even after he forced to step down in 2004. From 1999-2013, Falun Gong practitioners made up the majority of the prison population in most RTL camps. The prisoners received inhumane treatment, and several former members of the Laojiao called it out for File:OrganHarvesting.png forced organ harvesting. On 28 December 2013, during the beginning of the new administration and File:XiJinpingThoughtf.png Xi Jinping and File:PinkXi.png Li Keqiang, due to much pressure from human rights organizations, the RTL system was formally abolished and some detainees were released and others relocated to other prisons and mental hospitals. Human rights groups have also observed that other forms of extrajudicial detention have taken their place, with some former RTL camps being renamed as drug rehabilitation centers.

File:GFW.png The Great Firewall

The Great Firewall refers to a combination of legislative actions and technologies enforced by the People's Republic of China to regulate the Internet domestically to enforce internet censorship and block selected foreign websites (Google, Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia, etc.) and to slow down cross-border internet traffic. The Great Firewall operates by checking transmission control protocol (TCP) packets for keywords or sensitive words. GFW has since its inception been justified in the name of "internet sovereignty" and "protecting domestic information space" to prevent Chinese citizens from gaining access to western liberal ideas. A favorite saying of File:DengXiaoping.png Deng Xiaoping in the early 1980s was, "If you open the window, both fresh air and flies will be blown in. "Fang Binxing, a former Principal of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications has been dubbed "Father of China's Great Fire Wall".

As part of the Great Firewall, beginning in 2003, China started the Golden Shield Project, massive surveillance and censoring system, the hardware for which was provided by mostly U.S. companies, including Cisco Systems and File:Microsoft.png Microsoft.

More often than not the GFW is used by the Central government and local authorities to crush dissent, cover up corruption scandals, and even prevent people from reporting on actual crimes such as human trafficking and abuse by local officials remains a serious issue in China to this day.

Overseas Policing

It's very hard to know through extremely scarce and confidential evidence...

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File:ChenQuanguo.pngFile:XPCC.pngFile:XinjiangSystem.png Chen Quanguo Thought/Xinjiang System File:Cball-Tibet.pngFile:Cball-Xinjiang.pngFile:PanTurk.png

File:Cball-Xinjiang.png Xinjiang is a melting pot of ethnic groups, and China's control over it has long been weak, a situation that continues to this day. The July 5, 2009 incident in Xinjiang effectively marked the end of the long-standing policy of “soft governance” in Xinjiang. The incident was a indiscriminate slaughter instigated by a group of Uighurs, mainly File:Jihad(Bloody).png jihadists, which resulted in the deaths of more than 100 Han Chinese. This sparked outrage among the general public, and in the days that followed, the Han Chinese government quickly organized armed police forces to violently suppress the movement. Since then, the Uyghurs' high degree of autonomy has been gradually stripped away through compulsory Chinese language education and forced national identity.

File:ChenQuanguo.png Chen Quanguo, a typical Chinese-style cruel official, was sent here by current President File:XiJinpingThoughtf.png Xi Jinping to completely expel East Turkestan elements from Xinjiang. He simultaneously held the positions of commander of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and provincial party secretary, becoming a File:PoliticalStrongman.png political strongman in the region. During his tenure, police and political reforms significantly strengthened the overall capabilities of the Xinjiang Armed Police Force. Moderate and corrupt officials were expelled from the center of power or brought to justice, and Xinjiang's ethnic integration policy was enforced with extreme rigor. Even under high-pressure rule, trade relations there remained normal and even grew rapidly. New industrial projects were approved, and poverty alleviation and literacy campaigns were completed on schedule.

He is a controversial figure, with Western and Islamic scholars severely accusing him of disregarding human rights (for example, the re-education camps in Xinjiang, which gather Uyghurs deemed to be rebels and maintain social stability through brutal forced labor and assimilation education, while demolishing some suspected Islamic mosques). while Chinese public opinion (primarily Han Chinese and moderate Uyghurs) expresses sympathy and approval for his governance (as the governance environment in Xinjiang at the time was extremely dire, with criminal and terrorist activities rampant, deteriorating living conditions, and ethnic tensions escalating to a level beyond the reach of the central government's soft-power approaches).

After experiencing the collapse of the jihadists and East Turkestan separatists, the Uyghurs have undergone nearly a generation of education and have gradually integrated into the Chinese nation as a whole. Is this a good thing? Only time will tell.

He also had ruled Xizang Province in File:Cball-Tibet.png Tibet with similar governing technology, accused of cultural genocide in these two areas by western observers.

File:XiJinpingThoughtf.pngFile:PinkXi.pngFile:TerrorCapitalism.png Zero-Covid Policy

It's very hard to investigate, study and conclude from extremely huge, complex and controlled situation...

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File:Cball-South Korea.png South Korea File:SyngmanRhee.pngFile:ParkChungHee.pngFile:DemocraticJusticeParty.pngFile:Saenuri.png

Main Article: Ilminism

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Main Article: File:Showa-kanmuri.png Showa Statism

Kenpeitai

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Peace Preservation Law

The Peace Preservation Law was a Japanese law enacted on April 22, 1925, with the aim of allowing the Special Higher Police to effectively suppress socialists and communists and protect private property. Altogether more than 70,000 people were arrested under the provisions of the Peace Preservation Law between 1925 and its repeal by American Occupation authorities in 1945.

The United States File:Pinkerton.pngFile:CIA.pngFile:FBI.pngFile:COINTELPRO.pngFile:DEA.pngFile:Nixon.pngFile:Reagan.pngFile:Clinton.pngFile:GWB.pngFile:Giuliani.png

Main Articles: Neoconservatism and File:PatPaleoCon.png Paleoconservatism

File:Pinkerton.png Pinkertons

In the 1850s, Allan Pinkerton, a Scottish detective and spy, met Chicago attorney Edward Rucker in a local Masonic Hall and formed the North-Western Police Agency, later known as the Pinkerton Agency. Among the business's early operations was to safely deliver the newly-elected President of the United States Abraham Lincoln to Washington D.C. in light of an assassination threat. Pinkerton detective Kate Warne was assigned and successfully delivered Lincoln to the US capital city through a series of disguises and related tactics that required her to stay awake throughout the entire long journey. As a result of the public notoriety of this success, the business adopted an open eye as its logo and the slogan, "We never sleep".

In the 1870s, Franklin B. Gowen, then president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, hired the agency to "investigate" the labor unions in the company's mines. A Pinkerton agent, James McParland, using the alias "James McKenna", infiltrated the Molly Maguires, a 19th-century secret society of mainly Irish-American coal miners, leading to the downfall of the labor organization. On July 6, 1892, during the Homestead Strike, 300 Pinkerton detectives from New York and Chicago were called in by Carnegie Steel's Henry Clay Frick to protect the Pittsburgh-area mill and strikebreakers. This resulted in a firefight and siege in which 16 men were killed, and 23 others were wounded. To restore order, two brigades of the Pennsylvania militia were called out by the Governor.

Due to its conflicts with labor unions, the word Pinkerton continues to be associated by labor organizers and union members with strikebreaking. Pinkertons diversified from labor spying following revelations publicized by the La Follette Committee hearings in 1937, and the firm's criminal detection work also suffered from the police modernization movement, which saw the rise of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the bolstering of detective branches and resources of the public police. With less of the labor and criminal investigation work on which Pinkertons thrived for decades, the company became increasingly involved in protection services, and in the 1960s, even the word "detective" disappeared from the agency's letterhead. The company now focuses on threat intelligence, risk management, executive protection, and active shooter response.

In 1999, the company was bought by Securitas AB, a Swedish security company, for $384 million, followed by the acquisition of the William J. Burns Detective Agency (founded in 1910), a longtime Pinkerton rival, to create (as a division of the parent) Securitas Security Services USA. Today, the company's headquarters are located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and is known for providing services to Amazon.

File:COINTELPRO.png COINTELPRO

File:COINTELPRO.png COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program) was a series of covert and illegal projects actively conducted from 1956 to 1971 by File:FBI.png Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) aimed at surveilling, infiltrating, discrediting, and disrupting domestic American political organizations the FBI deemed subversive and a threat to national security. COINTELPRO was organized by the founder of FBI, J. Edgar Hoover who had by 1956 become increasingly frustrated by U.S. Supreme Court decisions that limited the Justice Department's ability to prosecute people for their political opinions, most notably communists. This lead to him initiating covert "dirty tricks" program under the name COINTELPRO with the original purpose of disrupting CPUSA and keeping close tabs on individuals with communist sympathies such as File:Chaplin.png Charlie Chaplin. COINTELPRO soon expanded to target a plethora of other organizations and movements which included feminist organizations, File:Hippie.png The New Left and the anti–Vietnam War movement, and most notably the civil rights movement and Black Power movement. Among the black activists and civil rights leaders targeted by COINTELPRO were File:Socneocon.png Bayard Rustin, File:MLK Jr.png Martin Luther King Jr., File:MalcolmX.png Malcolm X, Fred Hampton, Angela Davis, Viola Liuzzo, Jessica Mitford, among many other.

Every US President from the 1950s-1971, File:Ike.png Dwight D. Eisenhower, File:JFK.png JFK, File:Lyndon B. Johnson.png LBJ, and File:Nixon.png Richard Nixon was complicit in FBI's illegal activities to a certain extent and Attorney General File:RFK Sr.png Robert F. Kennedy personally authorized some of the programs.

The program was secret until 1971 when the Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI burgled an FBI field office in Media, Pennsylvania, using the boxing match known as the Fight of the Century between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier in March 1971 as a cover to pull off the heist, took several dossiers, and exposed the program by passing this material to news agencies.

File:FBI.png Wackenhut Private Security

File:FBI.png George Wackenhut was a former FBI agent and the founder of the Wackenhut private security corporation. In 1951, Wackenhut joined the FBI as a special agent in Indianapolis and Atlanta and was tasked with handling counterfeit money and bad-check cases and tracking down Army deserters. He eventually resigned from the FBI to start his own private security company. The huge profits made from the Wackenhut corporation enabled its founder to live a lavish lifestyle in homes scattered throughout the US "Tyecliffe Castle", or "Castle Wackenhut" in Coral Gables, near Miami. George Wackenhut was known as a hard-line right-winger and built up dossiers on Americans suspected of being Communists or left-leaning "subversives and sympathizers" and sold the information to interested parties. By the late, 1960s Wackenhut held files onthan more 4 million names of suspected "dissidents." In 1975, after the United States Congress investigated companies that had private files, Wackenhut gave its files to the now-defunct anti-Communist Church League of America of Wheaton, Illinois.

Wackenhut sold his company for $570 million in 2002 to Danish corporation Group 4 Falck which then merged to form British company G4S in 2004. G4S provides security to specific government and corporate sectors: energy, utilities, and chemical/petrochemical, financial institutions, hospitals, and healthcare facilities, major corporations and the construction industry, ports and airports, residential communities, retail and commercial real estate, and transit systems. In 2010, G4S Wackenhut changed its name to G4S Secure Solutions (USA) to reflect the new business model.

File:Cball-Arizona.png Joe Arpaio

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File:Giuliani.png Rudy Giuliani

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File:Nixon.pngFile:Reagan.pngFile:Clinton.png War on Drugs

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File:ICE.png ICE

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Main Article: Apartheid

• Hendrik van den Bergh was a South African police officer known for founding the Bureau of State Security (BOSS), in which he ordered murders, torture and repression in the P.W. Botha and even participated in the Angolan civil war. Prior to his career, he was a member of Ossewabrandwag and Afrikaner Broederbond.

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Main Articles: Islamic Theocracy and File:IslamCap.png Islamic Capitalism

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File:SAVAK.png SAVAK

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File:EvilKhomeini.png Guidance Patrol

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File:Cball-Romania.png Romania File:Legion.pngFile:NicolaeCeaușescu.png

File:NicolaeCeaușescu.png Securitate

When communism fell, the political police apparatus, known as the Securitate, only formally disbanded. All the former higher-ups from the organization took control of the newly-established liberal democratic Romania through election fraud and re-established nepotism and endemic corruption by using their well-established network of contacts. Most post-communism politicians that saw success were, or are ex-Securitate members, and any attempt to prosecute them ended with failure in suspicious circumstances. Witnesses and judges would disappear or die in freak accidents, evidence would systematically burn in accidental fires, and a campaign of "terrorism" was advertised by the Securitate to intimidate people into giving up, nothing moved on the political scene of Romania without the Securitate knowing and even now, the myth of the "coup d'eta" is still strong after having been ingrained by the Securitate in the collective consciousness to appease the masses. While the majority of these retired from politics after having robbed public funds for two decades, the Securitate members live a comfortable life, free of all and any risk of prosecution due to their liquidation of all incriminating evidence.

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Albania File:Zog I.pngFile:Hoxha.pngFile:SaliBerisha.png

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Personality

PolState is portrayed as a stereotypical File:Police.png police officer. The personality and behavior vary widely. Sometimes they oppress and persecute the people, crush protests and crack down on dissidents, sometimes they genuinely serve and protect the people, maintain order and arrest criminals, and sometimes they're just eating donuts or doing other wacky stuff that's usually associated with the police. May or may not be File:Militia.png opportunistic and even corrupt, to varying degrees.

An alternative potrayal would be a stereotypical File:CounterIntelState.png File:NeoVChK.png File:NeoKGB.png chekist File:FSB.png File:FBI.png File:CIA.png. Naturally, they are always way more imposing of a presence than the regular police force, however the personality and behavior are still widely variable - from a genuinely good-natured, cool and badass state security/secret service/intelligence agent who does their job well, to an odious totalitarian enforcer and butcher who perpetrates extreme repression and monstrous atrocities.

Stylistic Notes

In some comics PolState was portrayed as Authoritarianism with a police hat.

How to Draw

File:Polstate flag.svg

Flag of Police Statism

1. Draw a ball,
2. Draw an inverted triangle in the center and fill it with navy blue,
3. Fill the rest of the ball with black,
4. Draw a police cap on the top of the ball,
5. (Optional) Draw a police badge
6. Add the eyes and you're done!

Color Name		HEX	RGB
	Navy Blue	#00187B	rgb(0, 24, 123)
	Black	#141414	rgb(20, 20, 20)

Relationships

Officer Crew

• File:Donut Theory.png Donuts - Mmmmm... I like donuts!
• Stratocracy - My more extreme self. Go get those criminals, my boy!
• Corporatocracy - Gotta love those Pinkertons!
• Fascism - Blackshirts? Cracking down hard on mafia and crime? The trains run on time? Based.
• Nazism - Brownshirts? Giving police and state security unrestrained power to fight (((them)))? Based.
• Marxism–Leninism and File:Natcom-Alt.png National Communism - Most of your societies have been police states. You are great friends of mine!
• File:Honecker.png Honeckerism - Collecting in-depth files on citizens? Based!
• Stalinism - Perfection.
• Authoritarian Capitalism and Authoritarian Socialism - Capitalism... Socialism... Who cares as long as it's enforced via the police state!
• National Capitalism - Ditto.
• File:Statecap.png State Capitalism - Same as AuthCap and NatCap.
• File:Pinochet-hat.png Pinochetism - Helicopters? Thanks, I'll keep that in mind.
• Ingsoc - FREEDOM IS SLAVERY! IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH!
• Dengism - Support the Hong Kong Police! Blue Lives Matter applies to the people's police as well!
• File:ThreeRepresents.png Three Represents - Dengism 2.0. You created the GFW, 610 Office, and expanded the labor camp system to crush dissent. RIP legend.
• File:XiJinpingThoughtf.png Xi Jinping Thought - It's great that you've managed to help me build a full-fledged police state! What you're doing in Hong Kong, Xinjiang and the rest of China is really appreciated.
• State Liberalism - More female secret police!
• Authoritarianism - I AM the authority!
• File:Totalitarian.png Totalitarianism - I'm pretty essential to his societies.
• File:Transh.png Transhumanism - Robocop is based.
• File:Showa-kanmuri.png Showa Statism - Peace Preservation Law was based!
• Kleptocracy - The only good criminal other than me. I love it when they're in power.
• Third Way - Thanks for signing that crime bill back in 1994!
• Karen - I often help her defuse the situation with managers.
• File:RamaX.png Network Monarchy - Using Lèse-majesté to arrest political opponents, BASED!
• File:Thaksin.png Thaksinism - Your War on Drugs and handling of the Southern Insurgency was excellent.
• File:Onenatcon.png One-Nation Conservatism - May and Bojo’s crackdowns on illegal immigrants and disruptive demonstrators were so based.
• Neoconservatism - The Patriot Act is very based too.
• Authoritarian Conservatism - I am the Horny Police and you are under arrest. Go to horny jail!
• File:Hangman.png Counter-Enlightenment - A bit too old-fashioned, but good at intimidating dissidents and extracting confessions. But stop driving with your headlights off at night!
• Esoteric Fascism - Gestapo was pretty good (but not as good as the File:Stasi.png Stasi).
• File:Krit.png Kritarchy - While we both love order, he hates when I do summary executions.

On Probation

• File:Conserv.png Conservatism - Thank you for creating Blue Lives Matter, but please obey the mask mandates and social distancing rules!
• File:Cfash.png Clerical Fascism - You are cool and all but why is the church more important than the police?
• Black Nationalism - *shoots on sight* We stopped lynching, now stop whining! We accept black people to be cops as well. And I didn't kill George Floyd!
  • - Everybody saw that video, asshole!
• Feminism - A part of me really hates you, but we also accept women into our job, and I'll still protect you from those File:IllegMansphere.png rapists, stalkers, sexual harassers, and domestic abusers.
• File:Hmind.png Hive-Mind Collectivism - It would be harder for me to arrest someone who thinks the same...
• Paleoconservatism & File:Rightpop.png Right-Wing Populism - YOU COMPLETELY TURNED YOUR BACK ON US AT THE CAPITOL PRICK! And we did NOT let them in! Thanks for the inconsistent support anyways. But Paleocon despises the CIA
• Alt-Right - He likes OVRA and Gestapo, but I hate when he calls the FBI agents File:Glowboys.png glowies! And how can you call yourself a traditionalist with that File:Coomer.png browser history?
• Trumpism - You were so perfect until you did the Capitol Hill thing...

Arrested

• File:Consti.png Constitutionalism - I AM THE LAW!
• Anti-Authoritarianism - Goddamn hippie, quit protesting before I arrest you!
• Anarchism without adjectives - Doesn't like authority, cringe.
• Queer Anarchism - Horny jail awaits you, maggot!
• Anarcho-Communism - Stop throwing those cocktails and get in the car!
• Anarcho-Capitalism - You're heavily propertarian, you negate taxes, and you're hostile to the state so now you'll have to be arrested for evasion. Private police does seem nice though.
• Libertarianism - I tread where I please.
• Black Anarchism - Thugs! Criminals! Thieves! *Shoots Blackan on sight*
• Anarcho-Conservatism - The MAGA movement supports me so why don't you?
• Anarcho-Individualism - Worst. Ideology. Ever.
• File:Hoppef.png Hoppeanism - You had so much potential but you're a f**king *n*rchist!
• File:Ochlo.png Ochlocracy - CALM THE F**K DOWN OR ELSE WE'LL ARREST YOU!!!
• Accelerationism - Get pulled over for speeding.
• File:Coolidge.png Coolidgism - What do you mean public servants can't strike?
• Aristocracy - No the Nobles are not above law and order you arrogant snob!
• File:Revcon.png Revolutionary Conservatism and File:QAnonism.png QAnonism - STOP YOUR BOOGALOO! 1/6 NEVER FORGET!
• Kakistocracy and Anti-Vaccine Movement - Don't like the enforcement of vaccine mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic? Too bad. Instead of whining like a baby and playing the victim card, how about you get yourselves vaccinated like everyone else? And stop harassing healthcare workers simply for doing their job!
• File:Latuff.png Satirism - Fuck you for criticizing the police in Brazil, but on the positive side, your crude criticisms backfired and now they're honoring me.

WANTED

• File:Illeg.png Illegalism - Reward of $100,000 for anyone who catches this criminal scum, dead or alive.
• File:Insarch.png Insurrectionary Anarchism - Reward of $999,999 for anyone who brings in HIM! (DEAD. ONLY!): Charges: 672 counts of murder, 918 million dollars in property damage, and 85 cases of ars-*gets blown up*
• Soulism - You are under arrest for drug dealing! But you are peaceful compared to other anarchists, so I can only fine you.
  • Laws are a spook. <teleports away>

• Anarcho-Egoism - Worst anarchist.
• Avaritionism - OH, COME ON! THIS IS THE ACTUAL WORST OF ALL! HE IS EVEN NOT IN PRISON, BECAUSE SOMEONE BRIBES EVERYONE TO FREE HIM!
• File:Jihad.png Jihadism - Charges: War crimes + Suicide bombing + Terrorism + Serial murder + Kidnapping + Rape + Sectarianism + Torture + Propaganda + Child soldiers + Arson + Hijacking + Mutilation + Attempted world domination + Arms trafficking + Destruction of property + Human trafficking = What the Fuck! You're one of the most dangerous criminals! But the Taliban is based.
• Agorism - You are under arrest for selling illegal goods. Everything you have will be confiscated and used in your trial as evidence.
• Posadism - The worst of the worst terrorists is the nuclear one. Bring the FBI, Interpol, and CIA to catch this bastard before he nukes something!
• Bio-Posadism - Another global terrorist, but more focused on bio-weapons. Time to confiscate your tools, and burn down your sinister laboratories into ashes!
• File:Paleolib.png Paleolibertarianism - THEM DAMN DUKE BOYS!

Further Information

• File:Police.png Police
• Police State
• File:Police.png Law enforcement
• Secret Police
• Private Police
• Gendarmerie
• Security forces
• File:CounterIntelState.png National Guard
• File:CounterIntelState.png Intelligence Agency
• File:CounterIntelState.png Special Forces
• File:CounterIntelState.png Counterintelligence state

Notable police forces,law enforcement agencies,paramilitary organizations, and intelligence agencies

• Interpol
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) File:FBI.png
• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) File:CIA.png
• US Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) File:DEA.png
• Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
• File:Pinkerton.png Pinkerton National Detective Agency
• File:Cball-Canada.png Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) File:RCMP.png
• Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) File:MI6.png
• Security Service (MI5)
• Metropolitan Police
• National Police (France)
• National Gendarmerie
• Bundespolizei (BPOL)
  • Grenzschutzgruppe 9 (GSG 9)
• Federal Security Service File:FSB.png
• OMON
• File:Cball-Ukraine.png Служба безпеки України (SBU)File:SSU.png
• File:Cball-Ukraine.png National Police of Ukraine
• Polizia di Stato
• File:Cball-Sweden.png Swedish Police Authority
• File:Cball-Sweden.png Swedish Security Service (SÄPO)
• Militsiya File:Lukash.png
• File:Cball-China.png People's Police of the PRC File:PRCPol.png
• File:Cball-China.png Ministry of State Security File:MSS.png
• File:Cball-HongKong.png Hong Kong Police Force (HKFP)
• File:Cball-Taiwan.png Republic of China Military Police (ROCMP)
• File:Cball-Japan.png National Police Agency (NPA)
• File:Cball-North Korea.png Ministry of State Security
• File:Cball-South Korea.png Korean National Police Agency (KNPA)
• Mossad File:Mossad.png
• File:Cball-Saudi.png Mabahith
• File:Cball-Iran.png Disciplinary Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran (NAJA) File:Khom.png
• File:Cball-Iran.png Ministry of Intelligence(VALA)File:VAJA.png
• File:Cball-Pakistan.png Inter-Services Intelligence
• File:Cball-Myanmar.png Tatmadaw File:Tatmadaw.png
• File:Thailand.png Royal Thai Police File:Chakri.png
• File:CBall-Mexico.png Polícia Federal (Mexico)
• File:Cball-Brazil.png Polícia Federal (Brazil)
• File:Cball-Brazil.png Agência Brasileira de Inteligência
• File:Cball-Brazil.png Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais
• File:Cball-Chile.png Carabineros de Chile
• File:Cball-Colombia.png National Police of Colombia
• File:Cball-Venezuela.png Policía Nacional Bolivariana
• File:Cball-Venezuela.png Servicio Bolivariano de Inteligencia Nacional (SEBIN)
• File:Cball-South Africa.png South African Police Service (SAPS)
• File:Cball-Australia.png Australian Federal Police (AFP)
• File:Cball-Newz.png New Zealand Police
• File:Cball-Malaysia.png Royal Malaysia Police
  • Cawangan Khas
• File:Cball-ROT.png Emniyet Genel Müdürlüğü (EGM) File:EGM.png
• File:Cball-ROT.png Milli İstihbarat Teşkilatı (MIT) File:MIT.png

Historical

• COINTELPRO File:FBI.png
• File:Cball-Nigeria.png Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS)
• File:Cball-China.png 610 Office File:Jiang Tze-min.png
• File:Cball-Russian Empire.png Отделение по охранению общественной безопасности и порядка (Okhrana)
• File:Cball-USSR.png Всероссийская чрезвычайная комиссия (VChK) File:VChK.png
• File:Cball-USSR.png Народный комиссариат внутренних дел (NKVD) File:NKVD.png
• File:Cball-USSR.png Комитет государственной безопасности (KGB) File:KGB.png
• File:Hungarian Working People's Party.png Államvédelmi Hatóság (ÁVH)
• File:Cball-EastGermany.png Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (Stasi) File:Stasi.png
• Sigurimi File:Hoxha.png
• File:Cball-SRRomania.png Departamentul Securității Statului (Securitate)
• Political-Social Brigade
• OVRA
• Geheime Staatspolizei (Gestapo)
• File:Showa.png Special Higher Police File:Taishō.png
• File:Showa.png Kempeitai
• File:Cball-DominicanRepublic.png Servicio de Inteligencia Militar File:RafaelTrujillo.png
• File:Cball-Spain.png Grupos Antiterroristas de Liberación (GAL)
• File:Argentina.png Secretariat of Intelligence
• File:Cball-Chile.png Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional (DINA) File:DINA.png
• File:Cball-Chile.png Central Nacional de Informaciones (CNI) File:Pinochet-hat.png
• File:Cball-Peru.png National Intelligence Service (Peru) File:Fujimori.png
• File:Cball-Colombia.png Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (DAS)
• File:Cball-Iran.png SAVAK File:Pahlavi.png
• File:Cball-South Africa alt.png Bureau of State Security (Apartheid South Africa) File:NasionaleParty(Apartheid).png
• File:Cball-Iraq.png Iraqi Intelligence Service File:Hussein.png
• File:Cball-RepublicOfCuba.png Bureau for the Repression of Communist Activities
• File:Cball-HongKong.png Royal Hong Kong Police
• File:Cball-IIRP.png State Police (Policja Państwowa)
• File:Cball-Ukraine.png Беркут (1992-2014)

Fictional

• Thought Police (1984)
• Detroit Police Department (Robocop)
• Precrime (Minority Report)
• Peacekeepers (The Hunger Games)
• Mega-City One (Judge Dredd)

YouTube

Videos

• The Police Still Suck by File:SFO.png ShortFatOtaku
• The Policing Paradox by File:SFO.png ShortFatOtaku
• Why the French Police are so Brutal by File:KrautYT.png Kraut

File:TVTropes.png TV Tropes

• Spy Fiction

Gallery

• File:SpooksAreCringe-BetterCallHoppe.png
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• Credit: u/Moonatik_, Source
  Credit: u/Moonatik_, Source
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• Paponism
  Paponism