“It can’t happen here” is exactly what you’ll hear out of any leftist when you describe the similarities between their ideology and agenda and the ideology and agenda of totalitarian, genocidal fascist and communist regimes throughout history.
THEIR leaders are benevolent, unlike Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, etc,
even though they are using the exact same tactics and slogans.
Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely..................
Its all tyranny of the Nanny State no matter the details.
Call Z instead of V, it could just as well work for Zero.