No society falls to these depths without at least the implicit consent of the population, and even the most ruthless of governments can't survive if its citizens refuse to go along with the program.

So it's safe to say that the American people are at least partly to blame for the sick institutions that rule over them. And if that's the case, you have to ask yourself, what might our society come to accept in the future? If our lack of resistance has contributed to the corrosion of our civil liberties and the growth of our unbounded government, then nothing is off the table. If we're willing to put up with this, what won't we put up with? What sort of system might our society produce in the future?

If recent polls are to be believed, then a military dictatorship is certainly a possibility. After a West Point professor entertained the possibility of a coup occurring on American soil two weeks ago, (which led to his resignation) YouGov decided to poll 1000 American voters on their opinion of the military, and whether or not they would support a military takeover. The results were fairly shocking.