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Obviously laws have been fairly arbitrary and ineffective since the beginning in this country, but it's one of those things that is contained to certain areas of society. The wealthy and privileged don't have to see the ugly side. As capitalists continue to play fast and loose with the legal system (like letting Presidents off the hook, not prosecuting bankers for causing crisis, etc), the more people, including the privileged, will come to view the law as arbitrary and focused punishment of the other rather than a productive systemic function. That is, bring back the stockades and hangman so we can get some "real" justice. No use in focusing on minor details of the social contract like due process. Once it hits the upper classes, the ones who are actually near the levers of power, it accelerates. It creates a feedback loop. It becomes very real that even the good liberals who love To Kill a Mockingbird will support the rollback of liberal jurisprudence around due process, fairness, equality, etc. We've seen that at the extremes, but it's becoming super common and applicable to everyone, not just terrorists or drug cartels or national security. The whole Juror #8 type of liberal is long extinct at this point.