I feel like we are already there...the only thing that saves us now is that there are way too many of us, it's easy to get lost in the snuffle. The other factor is that the creatures in government keep getting dumber and dumber...they are waaaaaay Beyond the Useless Idiot stage...It would seem their heads are hollow.
Believe it or not, one could somewhat function with a hollow head!
Observe and it becomes self evident...

Not yet. The inertia of the regular, responsible American is so powerful, it will years if it ever happens.

We've been there for a long time.