Well that's my whole point, Muffy. I don't think it would happen violently. I think it would happen softly, quietly, slowly, without most people even seeing it happen. Most people would be thinking that IT was happening FOR OUR OWN GOOD! Damnit, most people would give up almost all liberty, if they were promised security in return, and the irony is that they'd be singing the Freedom Song (we do this for freedom!) all the way!  
Most things don't happen in cataclysmic proportions; most things just happen, kinda quietly....