Status Updates From Out Bad

Law enforcement's current idea of a 'criminal enterprise' is very close to what Hannah Arendt meant when she wrote, "Classical totalitarianism predicts possible crimes on the basis of one's status as an 'objective enemy'."

Motorcycle outlaws are the 'you' that you bind in chains. They are the chaos to which civilization must never be allowed to descend. They are the 'you' that you wish you were whenever you are humiliated or bullied or condescended to or made to admit that you are small.

Police commandos break into homes in the night. They routinely kill pets, execute suspects, terrorize children, humiliate and brutalize women, wreck homes and confiscate everything they can find.