The thirteen-minute video in this post provides insight into how totalitarian governments gain control of a nation, such as is happening in the western world. The Academy of Ideas does a better job summarizing this topic than I have been able to do via numerous posts. If you do not yet understand how it is that a country makes the transition from a republic to a totalitarian regime, then this post will help you. You will find that the process may be past the point of no return unless the masses rise up against it. Ideas may be gleaned from the video about what sorts of actions are required, that you might begin doing.