The New Tyrants

One old, and very good, definition of a tyranny is ''a state wherein everything is either mandatory or forbidden.'' It works pretty well.
One symptom of the trend towards such is that things are suddenly criminalized, and heavily so, that were never so considered before. And vigorously enforced too, by those we once called 'public servants' but who are now called ''public officials''. And act accordingly.

Here is an article with some pretty good examples. Who would have expected jack-booted Stasi types to be the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 'Service'? Not me, I always imagine the game wardens who were pretty good guys. That was then, and this is now.

Read it and weep.