To me, this provides an excellent window into why the right wing is sticking to Trump through thick and thin. The end state (small government, limited military, individual freedom) justifies the means. While the end state is a distant possibility with the Republican party, there is absolutely no chance of it happening with the Democratic party.
For those who feel the system is too powerful and cannot be resisted, you might try reading the first volume of The Gulag Archipalego by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. It doesn’t provide an easy solution, but it does accurately describe the least desirable end state. If nothing else, it’s a motivator and a prompt for each of us to determine where our true boundaries lie.