[narrator]

Invariably there's some sort of enemy the government creates and the government says that in order to fight the enemy they need to do all these bad things, but you're protected because you're one of the good people. They tell every faction the same thing even if one of the factions thinks another faction is the enemy. The government promises aid of everyone against all their enemies! When the government gets the power it needs doesn't matter what they do anymore because they can't be dislodged. The people who traded their loyalty for sinecures, handouts, or vengeance against their enemies usually wind up being disposable, even more so than people who weren't zealots since they have a grudge against the government for not upholding its end of the bargain.