Today I was convinced to support intelligence tests to qualify voters

[Selatius]

17. It only takes a small group of dedicated people to enslave a nation. Ask the people of Chile.

If you can convince a significantly large enough group of people to do something, even if it's only 10% or even 30% of the population, that's more than enough political and physical force to cower the rest of the population, assuming you can get this group of people to go the final step of using force against fellow citizens who disagree.

A good demonstration of this is where the military turns against a democratically elected government and overthrows it, taking over all the organs of state power despite what the majority may think. The United States isn't the only nation to suffer on 9/11. Chile had their own 9/11. It's just that their nightmare began on 9/11/1973 when Augusto Pinochet ripped down their government and installed a military dictatorship friendly to American interests.