The reality is somewhat more murky. On a long enough time horizon your point makes sense, we might be able to get rid of the security state by slowly chipping away at ig over hundreds or thousands of years.
Most of us are going to be dead in about 40 years tho. Security state isn't going anywhere in that timeframe.
How would you know? Think about the collapse of the Soviet Union, or communism in other countries. 2-3 years before it was unthinkable.
“Just give up, it’s a hard problem.”
I would have guessed it was more likely this is where you'd find the people who built the security state, not want to destroy it.
People love idealism. It never works, but it sounds amazing.
Reddit, HN, and every democracy has the same problem... at least for a few years.
I think after this bout of Trumpism, the republicans will not be able to elect another populist demagogue for a generation. I think democrats need to do a round as well.
Trump repeatedly said there won't be elections.