I would read in Louis L'Amour westerns, often based on actual stories old timers told him, about how in cattle wars a single man with a shotgun would hold off dozens of opponents. Yes, they would inevitably overtake him since he only had two shots, but no one wanted to be the first to move because he would inevitably be the one to get the buckshot. This is the same. The first ones will take all the deep state crap, so no one wants to act.