>>>And even if they did already have the keys, they could still charge you with an offence just by asking you and pretending they don't. Mmm, yummy. Remind you of any governments in recent memory?
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>>All of them?
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>And yet people keep buying the politicians BS and voting for their party vs. the other party (which is virtually indistinguishable from their party in all but name) .... go figure.

Note on how many elections the turnout is barely 50%, and that's the published figure. The ruling parties have about 24% of real support; the other 76% mostly don't care, don't think the system is worth the trouble, or perhaps still believe in the system but are still deluded enough to think that the other parties would have done better.

The only thing that's keeping the political systems in check is the pitchforks on the horizon and the fear thereof.