It seems to me the US has been a police state for a long time. And it's always been official. Things like the War on Drugs and Mass Surveillance are perfectly legal and thus official. And of course the vast majority of Politicians and Corporations are responsible for those thigss, including the vast majority of so called Progressives.
"The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race."
And yet, the vast majority of people I know who claim to be sympathetic to libertarianism are blind to the disaster. It would be somewhat entertaining if it weren't tragic. Libertarians should be accutely aware of the problem and yet they are not. If anything libertarians are among the worst cheerleaders for technology and alleged progress. They are also blind, or pretend to be blind, to the close relationship between big business, government and technocracy. Roger Ver for instance is a perfect example of this kind of libertarianism.