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What is a jackboot?

What is a jackboot? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A glossy leather calf-covering military boot, commonly associated with German soldiers of the WWII era
  2. (informal) The spirit that motivates a totalitarian or overly militaristic regime or policy
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Their attitude is that if they keep their jackboot to the throat of the worker then their nice cushy jobs, with perks and pensions, will be guaranteed.
No American who has 42 choices is going to feel like the jackboot of the state is stomping on his neck.
But if the era of workplace jackboot types is drawing to a close, then so may be another facet of working life.
That argues for restraint abroad and as little of the jackboot at home as possible.
The only way that successive regimes in Jakarta have been able to prevent the rise of separatist sentiment, however, is with the jackboot of the military.
If you can force your jackboot in the door, you can try to go all the way.

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