Oh they absolutely bought the lie. Take a look at my post history for hours of reading. You will find every manner and excuse rationalizing that lie by many ‘good’ conservatives.
And don’t you DARE question their ‘conservatism”.
Makes me sick.
Well they would not fight when the cost was minimal. Neither would they fight when their interests and liberty were attacked.
Now we have arrived at the point where some will fight because they will decide it is better to fight and die than live as slaves.
However, there is this fact - there will be no victory. Because the majority will turn on them and betray them over the fear that anyone daring to resist will make their miserable existence, worse.
Because this is what happens in totalitarian and genocidal regimes.
But the majority would rather lie to themselves and insist that we are not become such and that such a regime is not possible because we have cable and beer and have Xmas shopping to do.
They have no idea what time it is, and they will fight to remain in ignorance rather than understand the truth, making people like you and I, targets for their fear.