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Filimowicz PhD, Michael

 
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Synopsis

What if the police state didn't arrive with tanks in the streets—but with smartphones in our pockets, algorithms in our newsfeeds, and surveillance so pervasive that we stopped noticing it?

Beginning with an intensely personal investigation into a series of disturbing experiences that led him to conclude he had become the target of a sustained psychological operation, Michael Filimowicz takes readers far beyond memoir into a sweeping examination of surveillance, intelligence, propaganda, cognitive warfare, artificial intelligence, and the changing relationship between citizens and the modern state.

Drawing on history, psychology, political philosophy, media theory, and intelligence studies, You Live in a Police State argues that the architecture of state power has evolved. The contemporary police state is not defined primarily by visible repression, but by data collection, behavioral prediction, digital influence, algorithmic persuasion, and the psychological effects of living under the possibility of constant observation.

From fusion centers and police militarization to surveillance capitalism, information warfare, psychological operations, censorship, disinformation, and the emerging science of cognitive warfare, Filimowicz connects disciplines that are rarely considered together. Whether examining historical intelligence programs or the newest forms of digital manipulation, he asks a fundamental question: what happens when governments, corporations, and artificial intelligence all compete to shape the way we think?

Readers will not need to agree with every conclusion to find these essays provocative. Throughout, the author distinguishes between documented historical developments, established scholarly research, personal observations, and the interpretations he draws from them, inviting readers to evaluate the evidence for themselves.

Provocative, interdisciplinary, and deeply researched, You Live in a Police State challenges readers to reconsider where the boundaries between democracy, surveillance, and psychological influence now lie—and whether those boundaries still exist at all.

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