"It can't happen here" is the constant refrain of those to whom it eventually does, in fact, happen.
Reposted from Nathan Goldwag
The fun thing about America having centuries of unbroken institutional legitimacy is that the President can publicly say "I am doing a coup, illegally, in order to break the law for my own benefit" and 95% of people on both sides will say, "Oh no, he's not, that'd be crazy."

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