What if a few false flag events happened.. just before Nov 2016..
AND the election was postponed for a month or two...
THEN three..
THEN 6 months..
THEN a couple of years..
then all pretense is abandoned and ELIMINATED.. i.e. elections..
AND all political representatives are APPOINTED.
ANY that say this could never happen ARE DELUSIONAL..
Abolish 12th Amendment!
it’s already happened in many many places..
There are those that know exactly HOW TO DO THIS....
Your scenario would not just happen in a vacuum. It would be accompanied by many other per-requisites that would allow it to happen, and proceed as you outline... continued loss of virtue in the electorate, continued shredding of the Constitution, continued decrease in understanding of limited government, republicanism, individual liberty, property rights, ...
So, I don’t think your scenario could work, say, in 1900. It may very well be likely... by 2020. Will it work in 2016? My gut says no... but gotta think about it in more detail to decide.