Obedience training is the template—once the population has been trained to obey the tyrants can do anything they want anytime they want.
Add to that accurate accessment that they are successfully dicviding the populace into the two segments, empowering their lies through one segment and framing as dangerous deniers the other segment. Soon they will activate the empowering fools by giving them license to attack the deniers.
“We thought about it a long time — ‘Endeavor to persevere,’ ” Watie said, a contemplative tone in his voice. “And when we had thought about it long enough, we declared war on the Union.”