Yes . . . this is true. It's the small and incremental changes that gradually sap the strength and will and economy of great powers over time. Look at how the collective political Left and their countless RINO allies are end running both the 1st and 2nd Amendments by the passage of little baby-step laws and executive orders that gradually add up over time. Thus eventually those two critical Amendments will be cancelled without ever having formally been eliminated.
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