A free phone, EBT card, section 8 digs, and some free health-care, and 75% of the electorate couldn’t care less who’s hands we’re in.
If 75% are ready to overlook any crime or tyranny, for the sake of their free stuff, that leaves 25%, virtually all of whom will do exactly the same for the sake of their earned stuff.
It's even easier to find excuses and justifications, when you've earned your stuff.