Sounds like the government we have today. This is from Merriam-Webster, the dictionary I trust most.
"Controlling the people of a country in a very strict way with complete power that cannot be opposed"
The problem is it's done here in America without most realizing what is actually going on.
Originally Posted by SeekingTruth
Well, we have a country that is so divided it is increasingly unable to be organized in a cooperative, good faith system but more a bureaucratized, controlling system. So you get what we've got.
We need to learn from the Japanese, who feel it is very important that almost everyone is heard and buys into the system. Not quite like the Liberum Veto, but at least a common empathy for sincerely held dissension from honest men and women of goodwill.