The Clone empire strikes back

Listening to the outtakes of the republican debate last night was like a Star Wars moment.  The establishment clone, Marcobot Rubio finally unleashed his fury on the Jedi master, but it was a case of too little, too late.  The Donald continues his "mind tricks" to divert the attacks or turn them back on Rubio and Cruz.  Besides, Trump's fans and voters are used to the substance free and dog whistle laden republican message which is basically "Trust us to make sure the government doesn't help people who don't look like you".  The difference is Trump seems willing to depart from the small government message of self reliance in the face of massive corporation disruption of the industries which employed and created the middle class.  As any thinking person can see, the only counterbalance to the Empire of the 1% is a government which has equal power and will use it to give ordinary citizens a level playing field.  The establishment candidates have to tow the Koch brothers' line or risk the wrath of the wingnut welfare system which takes care of them.  Trump is relatively immune to that threat and so is able to flaunt his independence from their money.  His simplistic message of winning and magic ponies is laughable and at the same time deadly serious.  If he was another Hitler of Mussolini, he could do incredible damage to what is left of our democracy.  As it is, he is destroying one of the two political parties with gleeful abandon.  I don't pity the republicans, but I do worry about the possibility of a real Machiavelli using Trump's tactics to turn us all to the dark side.