| Machiavellian said: People usually get use to being controlled, that is why dictators know once they take control, you will fall in line and the next generation will only know control so its all you will ever know. Once freedom is gone, it never comes back. Always remember once you give up something, you can believe there is no incentive to give it back and once you become adjusted as you say, then it's your life from then on. |
I'll add to this by saying that once you've been convinced to give something up in the name of "safety" and "security," it's easier for a regime to take away something else in the name of "safety" and security."
China is often used as a boogeyman by right-wing governments, while they implement many of the same social controls that China has.
