I think it could be just about any country in which fear of the Other has overriden respect for personal liberty. (Assuming it was ever there to begin with, which in some places or people, it was not.)
As Frank Herbert wrote in Dune: Fear is the mind-killer. It is the little death that brings total oblivion.
I think "V" makes it clear that the people embraced a leader who assured them he would make them safe, protect them from "The Bad People" -- and before they realized it they were "protected" into a state of oppression.
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As Frank Herbert wrote in Dune: Fear is the mind-killer. It is the little death that brings total oblivion.
I think "V" makes it clear that the people embraced a leader who assured them he would make them safe, protect them from "The Bad People" -- and before they realized it they were "protected" into a state of oppression.