I was really thinking of the everyday people who see what is happening, and let it happen because it isn't currently affecting them. This point tends to be quite a long time before the torture and execution point.

From freedom to slavery always seems to happen in rather small increments, practically unnoticeable if you're not paying attention. If Thomas Jefferson woke up and looked at America today, and what has happened to his carefully crafted Constitution, what do you think he would say?

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