It's happened, to an extent, here in the US. Since 2000 we've heard how bad Bush and his economy and his war was. We threw it off in 2008 for a Hugo Chavez wannabe. It's always that way, when times get really bad the people look for some all powerful savior, only to be fooled into bringing in something far worse. More freedom is never the end result.
I think when people are bombarded with lies about how bad it is from the dims, libtards, and LSM (but I repeat myself)they think hope and change, never considering it could be worse.