And people wonder how Nazi Germany was able to get away with so much right under the German peoples' noses?
We have a foreign enemy combatant in our White House who is seeking (and getting) the same kind of dictatorial powers that Hitler got, and towards the same ends. Those of us who saw where this was headed were marginalized and ignored.
I can TOTALLY understand how Germany got where it was. The power of propaganda, the infiltration of all the agencies with threatened and/or enemy agents, the manipulation of laws, and a citizenry that submits itself to whoever is in power are the perfect recipe for maniacally evil regimes to do unthinkable things.
Basically, the unthinkable is inevitable unless you have checks and balances. Once a tyrant nullifies the checks and balances, nothing is impossible to them.
And America is so there.