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USA is a beacon of freedom, Liberty and Equality

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Am I correct in assuming that this is sarcasm?

It’s probably sarcasm but I don’t think it matters. A glib throw-away comment adds nothing to the discussion.

I'd note that all powers not granted in the US Constitution are denied and federal police forces are definitely NOT allowed by the US Constitution.

Once again, it's just the garbage logic that EVERYTHING can potentially affect more than one state, so they have the right to control everything via the interstate commerce clause.

So what happens to people refuse to work for the cops in other countries? "Sorry for bothering you, bye-bye"?

If it’s a government for the people, yes. If it’s a government for someone/something else, then make people do stuff for the other by threat of force.

yes-ish. No government is immune to corruption but certain forms of government narrow areas of operable corruption whereas others can expand it. It's always there but just harder to exploit.

I am asking about practice, not theory.

"make people do stuff for the other by threat of force."

That's the basic premise of any state and society.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_undercover_policing_relatio...

The UK is also proposing a law to give informers and police widespread immunity from prosecution for undercover crimes: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/spy-cops-law-bill-polic...

That's exactly what happened to someone I know who refused to work for an analogue of a three letter agency in Poland. This was 10+ years ago though, so it doesn't say anything about the current state of affairs.

In a lot of countries, yes.

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