This is how dictators get away with it.
No one person can run a dictatorial organization.
They have to convince others to do the criminal work.
Some they buy off.
Some they threaten.
Some they convince by claiming they are fighting the enemy.
Some they convince by appealing to tradition.
But, it’s always the dictator and his immediate cronies who get the big benefits.
The good old Democrat Party. Supporting a dictator.
The mass roundup and judicial oppression relying on local authority piece is in advanced beta testing in Texas.