drill!; onIraq, confused [WS:] Not at all. Authoritarian state - perhaps, This is the opposite of the "nanny state" which I presume is a state that spends a good chunk of money on social services (say 25 - 30% of the GDP, which is the EU norm nowadays). An authoritarian state (like the US) does not spend much on social services, but spends quite a bit on the military, the police, prisons, and corporate handouts and bailouts.
Yes this is its main function, isn't it?. In fact fascist states do tend to spend a bit on social services. Here in South Africa, social services, especially for whites, were actually quite big under apartheid. But coming back to the US, I presume you are looking for a descriptive term, rather than a theoretical one (with a capital 'T'). Well then, what about 'police state'? I have only ever visited the US once in my life, but I never heard so many sirens before as I did there. Tahir
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