The reason we have protections and limits on the power is to /prevent/ the totalitarian state. You'd have to be seriously daft to to think of the next 5 country

The reason we have protections and limits on the power is to /prevent/ the totalitarian state. You'd have to be seriously daft to to think of the next 5 country leaders, similar types to the last 5, /none/ of them would hold onto their power if they could despite becoming unpopular. Maintaining the fight against that is the opposite of believing it is inevitable. Once it happens prior rules no longer matter at all. Again we limit power because it will corrupt and that's how we avoid totalitarian states. "This power grab is fine because we're not a totalitarian state" is utterly and dangerously moronic.