The only option is turn the heat up full blast so people see what's going on and hop out, or turn off the stove.

Again with the QAnon "accelerationism" fantasy.

When are the North Koreans, Chinese and Cubans going to "turn off the stove"?

Things can get a lot worse and they can stay that way indefinitely. You're basically counting on a nation full of leftists magically waking up one day and seeing things your way. It doesn't work like that in the real world. In the real world, the worse things get, the harder it is to turn it around.