The quote in my signature line reminds me to avoid group think in an echo chamber where we all think/talk alike. Normalcy bias is not our friend either. However, with history as our guide, I can affirm that your commentary is on target. Lord Acton's "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." is also absolutely correct. However, that which cannot be sustained won't. Tyranny is one of those unsustainable entities. Sure, it stinks while it exists, but it can't last forever.
As for the quest for legality in everything the goverenment does, my "aha" moment came years ago when I heard news reports of Congress relying on a team of lawyers to help them craft some piece of legislation. Here was the highest body of legislators in the land, who are literally The Law-Makers, a high percentage of whom were lawyers themselves, who were using even more lawyers to add to the burdensome regulations already corralling the sheeple. Just because Congress (or SCOTUS) makes something legal it doesn't make it right, even if done in the name of democracy. For example, many in the US now think that same-sex marriage is an acceptable practice. No, it is merely legal.
