The UK was never liberated by the US and the allies - The city of London and the crown corporation is at the heart of power - financial power = political power.

So who has control over all that finance? To give an idea perhaps read ''The City of London'' unz.com/lromanoff/the-c…

In the end financial power is one of the crucial ingredients for global domination.

As for - have they tried this before - I think it's multigenerational so it's ongoing.

As for the public and having personal weapons this is both a good and a bad thing.

The US citizenry have to be one the most armed up people on the planet - however when it comes down to loss of civil rights and freedoms - being armed up doesn't appear to have made a scintilla of a difference - while the uniformed - and not only in the US - are being equipped with numerous military style weapons and sadistical devices such as tasers to pepper sprays to sound weapons all the way to receiving crowd control training in the human rights violating apartheid state situated in occupied Palestine - all funded by the taxpayer.

In the case of the US - Being armed doesn't appear to make much difference however neither do I think it is a particularly bright idea to have a unarmed public while the authorities are shredding civil rights and freedoms like never before and while committing numerous war crimes for which they refuse to be held accountable. [Exceptionalism = Fascism]

There are many good arguments for being able to defend oneself against tyranny as that's what's really happening.

Re totalitarian takeover - Trade agreements with sovereignty shredding ISDS provisions are another way of manipulating and controlling a government whom's policies are not in line with the financial agenda of the multinational financial elite.