Are we living in a police state (and where is that in the movie? Nowhere. WTF are they talking about?)
There are several hints at a police state in Blade Runner:
From the police chief's own mouth, "If you're not cop, you're little people." It was powerful enough of a threat to get Deckard on board...
The ability of Blade Runners to execute replicants without due process.
Masked cops everywhere on the street and patrolling the sky. It's also implied that the beams of light penetrating through Deckard's apartment windows are from surveillance.
And finally, the fact that replicants are used as offworld slaves for endless, normalized conflict. That's not quite a police state, but it slouches toward a military state.
But, I'm surprised a couple of years being President hasn't opened his eyes to the fact that it's not his way or the highway.
How on Earth are you surprised by that?
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death. -- James F. Byrnes