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A couple of points I'd add to this:
Trump is a symptom, not the cause. Put another way, should Trump choke on an overcooked steak tomorrow and die, the threat won't be ended. The cancer is the entire GQP, not just its leader.
Americans as a whole have a desire for authoritarianism. 'Make those bad people behave the way I want them to' is endemic in American culture.
Not only can it happen here, it has, twice, and damn near took our Democracy down with it both times.
More than twice. I assume you're referring to the US Civil War and January 6, 2021.
I'm sure there are more.
~~You forgot about the Cold War era McCarthyism through the 1950s.~~ I’d take it even further and lump the Salem Witch Trials and the Japanese Internments into the mix as well.
Salem witch trials were almost a century before the revolution, feels like a little bit of a stretch to lump them into other events that have posed a threat to american democracy since it didn't even exist yet.
It certainly makes a good point about how certain parts of America have always been primed to go off the deep end since the very beginning, but I think that's part of a separate but closely related discussion
Thank you for pointing that out! Yes, if I’m correct in assuming, Trump serves more as a figurehead, primarily representing ideas gained from the Heritage Foundation. As you mentioned, this reflects the dynamics of the whole party.
The issue spans both sides, in my experience. While the situation is drastically worse on the Republican side, we must consider that both sides lack true, meaningful political and leadership skills. Leaders today not only need to embrace knowledge of current political ideals but also integrate studies from fields such as psychology, developmental science, and environmental science.
Furthermore, a leader must possess a level of empathy that is often hard to find. Currently, we tend to vote for candidates who are perceived as the best choices based on their long-standing presence in politics.
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