However, my undergraduate degrees were in sociology and history and the latter two have served me well in analyzing how change happens in a society, for better or for worse.

Both sociological principles (eg group think, cognitive dissonance) and historical precedent tell Americans clearly what is coming! 

I always felt fortunate to be an American with a well-defined Constitution. With some exception, this document has served us well. For the majority of my life, I have never awakened and wondered what forces were coming for me. It was with great interest that I studied societies that succumbed to what would become a genocidal takeover. In my senior year as an undergraduate student, I was forced to compare the genocides that had taken place in recent history. In every case, the arrival to a genocidal state was gradual. Targeted populations were gradually minimized over time and progressively stripped of their rights. The path to genocide is generally analogous to the proverbial frog in the boiling pot where the temperature is slowly turned up until the frog, not recognizing the threat to its life, succumbs to the ever-increasing temperature.