Subject: Re: I Can't Find Any Evidence
It certainly looks that way right now. We have a populist figure who has become the identity of some 70 million people to the point where nothing he does phases their loyalty to his being their identity. To the dismay of most of the rest of us, our way of government and living seems to have rested on pillars of norms with little shafts of laws supporting the creaky edifice. The whole thing takes too long to right, we find out that many of our institutions are riddled with populist supporters, some destroying evidence, some obstructing..

I know you mean Trump here, but Biden is the President and he's doing 100% of the things you mention.

And speaking of cult figures, the guy that started it was Barack Obama.