That’s true..., it would be a sacrifice for a certain number. How a large group of people are “held in check” is that no one wants to be “out in front” and take the “hit” for everyone else.
You’ve seen this idea at work in the “Westerns” that we see on TV. The sheriff is standing in front of a large crowd of people saying that they may get him, but he’ll take down those guys in front first... LOL..
No one wants to be the ones who get “taken down”... and that’s the problem...
You are right.
That is why America will decline into a tryrany/fascist nation, and our children will inherit nothing.