George Orwell nailed it in, Animal Farm, the seven unalterable commandments kept slightly changing to suit the pigs until they had a totally different meaning.
The best direct measure of that is the growth and size of DC.....a city originally created in the service of THESE United States, now presumes the existence of THE United States where the states service DC.
It’s all backward.....
What’s wrong with the frog analogy is that the the water in our pot is not heating slowly.