With the release of a new book, Liz Cheney has re-emerged as a rallying point in the anti-tRump movement which is gaining ground across the country as the seeming inevitability of his march to the Republican presidential nomination becomes apparent. Cheney and others have repeatedly pointed to Cheeto Jesus' authoritarian tendencies as the prelude to a dictatorship for life. I wonder how many people would care if it happened.
Millions of Germans and Italians did not demonstrate in the streets during the rise of Hitler and Mussolini. Many millions welcomed the fascist dictators as harbingers of stability. In more recent times, Hungarians are not agitating to topple Victor Orban.
To the many millions of Americans whose sole source of news is right wing media, a dictatorship which includes the persecution of immigrants, brown and black skinned people, women and the younger generation is an unalloyed good. As long as the 2nd amendment is observed, the rest of the Constitution is superfluous. I'm betting if tRump called for his election as president for life, he would lose a handful of votes, but possibly gain a few of the authoritarian curious. So much for the American experiment with democracy.
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