Tyrants prevail when they are able to fool the masses into compromising their ideals, and their conscience. They enjoy devising scenarios by which we are made to tread through a "grey area", a place where the truth is supposedly a matter of perspective, and that which is right and balanced could become unbalanced and destructive. Once you choose to compromise a fundamental principle, they then use that moment to set precedence.

"If torture is tolerable in the chance that it could save some lives, then perhaps it is tolerable in other situations..." they say. "If some freedoms are expendable in the name of security, then perhaps others are as well."

How do we stop elites from setting precedence in this way? We never compromise.