The thing that gets me about this political moment is how many, many chances those of us in the US had to stop this.
Even just in recent memory:
We could have not elected Reagan.
We could have done something when GWB stole the election.
We could have done something about the DHS, ICE, the TSA, and every other horrific organization GWB created.
We could have done something after Sandy Hook.
We could have stopped COVID.
We could have defunded police.