States that enforce insecurity breed hatred
A lot of people right now have trouble understanding what the government is doing. In some ways, it's simple - they're consolidating power, crushing institutions, intimidating resistance, and getting ready to deploy the military on civilians.
But, they are also building insecurity. Fiscal policy that raises prices creates financial insecurity; actions that attack civil rights creates insecurity about freedoms; taking away Medicaid creates medical insecurity; taking away SNAP creates food insecurity.
To someone who hasn't studied authoritarian regimes, you might say, that's super weird. Why would a government deliberately make its government unhappy?
The answer is that insecurity breeds hatred.
Authoritarian regimes need hatred, because hatred is what fuels citizens' support and desire for wars, and paramilitary states. If you can make people hate people outside the country, it supports expansionist initiatives in phase 8. If you can make people hate people inside the country, people don't object when people start disappearing, and being sent to camps.
People who are scared become desperate. Desperate people lash out. Desperate people run on negative emotions. Desperate people fall for easy answers.
A really interesting example of this is when Iceland underwent a financial crisis in the 2000's. Its population, normally one of the most egalitarian and welcoming in the world, had a sudden, intense rise in homophobia and racism. Then, when the economy finally stabilized and people felt more secure, things when back to normal.
When you feel safe, when you know where you're sleeping, and what you're eating, and can afford medical care, you're more open to new things - to different things, to admitting you're wrong.
The US doesn't have that right now...so, be ready for increased levels of phobic sentiment, and propaganda that directs that sentiment at enemies.