On an isolated island or place where human never been ,the native animals don't recognize the danger because never seen man ,or a new predator . I think this is the case in US . You are so used with your fredoms and rights ,you don't think someone can take them from you . You are not used with tirants because you never have to deal with them in your history , US never been under foreign ocupation ,no empires opressed you . You are not familiar with this kind of dangers so you don't recognize them .
10 years ago I have been to US on a students programs and spend the summer there in the state of Michigan . I have lived under the communist regime but I have seen things there worst then in Romania under Ceausescu comunist regime .This was not only my opinion . I have meet there an older man from Romania who fleed Roamnia in the communist times because and he was an respectable american citizen with a very good job ,and he told me the same thing . He sad I run from the communism but this is worst .