The problem with the boil the frog approach is it was necessary to complete prior stages before advancing onto the more advanced ones. If the Frog knows its being cooked and is prepared so as to avoid being cooked it survives no matter the heat applied. US has the same situation - too many Americans are aware of their game plan and have armed up the population greater then most of the world’s armies. Its indoctrination attempts are not working either but for already captured urban dwellers in some cities.
Simply put, US is like frog in a thermo suit with air conditioning on holding a machine gun waiting for the cook to try to burn it.
The IT revolution is not friendly to tyrants. Word spreads too fast.
During WWII the Nazis shot anyone caught listening to BBC. That won’t work anymore.
Federal goons start going door to door. They are videoed by drones & it goes viral in seconds. Who needs Paul Revere to cry “To arms!!”?