Indeed. People in the US are a little complacent because democracy has been in place for enough generations to forget that Dictatorship is the default state.

Seems to work great in the US, where the nutjbobs with guns and "muh free speech" are at the forefront of fighting against democracy and defending the party and officials doing the most to harm it.

Except all the 'libertarian' and 2A open carry 'militia' are firmly on the side of jack-booted authoritatian police and 'border patrol' 200 miles from the border (or port of entry!). Just cosplay death squads and lynch mobs.