The US is heading in that direction, with assaults on universities and university administrators prompted by dubious claims of antisemitism or political bias, assaults on media giants prompted by claims of political bias, assaults on the federal...
Not arguing with you, @msinger, nor the correctness of your point.
Just acknowleging it can be hard -- sometimes very -- to pay close attention to the same cut/paste section on, say, the different stick modes, without eyeballs glazing over and...