For a few decades there seems to have been growing development of the mechanisms of authoritarianism, but whilst retaining an essentially decent Government.
Now we have an essentially indecent Government, plus a few decades of accumulating mechanisms of authoritarianism.
This is why you strive to avoid accumulating such mechanisms, and do not let them come to be merely because you trust the Government of the day.
For a few decades there seems to have been growing development of the mechanisms of authoritarianism, but whilst retaining an essentially decent Government.
Now we have an essentially indecent Government, plus a few decades of accumulating mechanisms of authoritarianism.
This is why you strive to avoid accumulating such mechanisms, and do not let them come to be merely because you trust the Government of the day.