Even a tyranny will collapse if the tyrant doesn’t have men motivated to fight for him.
You’re right.
Ultimately no tyranny can resist without the cooperation of the people. Although this might change in the age of automation of the enforcers using AI.
It’s a sign, to me at least, that Christ’s coming cannot be too far off because there will be nobody to save if the elites are successful in their automation of enforcing their desires upon mankind.
In history, most tyrants have met a bad end.
Power goes to their heads, and something goes around their necks or through their amygdalas.