[BUT there] are hopeful signs. They mean that the American people are beginning to see through the propaganda that confines them within The Matrix. A majority now understands that the US government represents a small oligarchy and not the citizens of the United States. Change requires awareness and knowledge of reality, and this awareness is now forming.

The voter participation rate in the mid-term 2014 elections was at the same level as 1830, when only white, male property owners could vote.  See the rest Dr. Paul Craig Roberts commentary here:   U.S. Government Is Losing Its Legitimacy

Unfortunately, this is the dynamic that leads to Totalitarianism.  You should be prepared for that reality.