Liberty of any kind is never lost all at once.
~ David Hume
I've thought of that especially in the context of 1930s Germany. That each change came with a little breathing room, that people got used to what was missing before another right was taken away. If all the changes had happened at once, people would have been far more likely to protest. Which, I think, they are doing now.
A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence.
~ David Hume
It's shooting kittens in a barrell, isn't it? So I will point out that I'm not ONLY referring to tRump & his henchassholes but to a lot of perfectly nice, open-minded folks, friends even, who I see swearing by, for example, the first campaign brochure that wafted their way. When they quote some nonsense, I sometimes as if they've vetted it. No, s/he SAYS s/he's honorable, tall, this-that-this & that's good enough for them. For some reason Maggie & I started looking up the heights of musicians. Elvis Costello was listed in 3 places as 5'8", 5'9" & 5'10". We believed the ones we liked were taller than the ones we weren't so much fans of. Good evidence!