Been There.... Still There

Kind of like a society in which the government forces you to give them your money and teaches your kids what they want them to think.

Okay, you can go ahead and leave and I'll stay behind...

The old love it or leave it cliche. By no means is criticism patriotic. Sounds like the perfect dictatorship.

From Webster's.

a ruler with total power over a country- one who has obtained control by force.

And indeed that has happened. It is just those who really control do so behind the scenes, and the take over unnoticeable by many. That is exactly how they stay in power.