It’s cyclical, actually. Over thousands of years, things have improved, then regressed, then improved again.
Probably was ever thus - we gross ourselves out, the angels of our better nature take over, and then we forget and fall back into old patterns of behavior.
Nobody liked totalitarianism under the Soviets, however doing the same thing in the US doesn’t seem to bother anyone. Obama is about to declare himself King this week, and again, do you see a GOPe person say anything about it?
No they will do nothing but the people might... just remember the French Revolution.