Which I don't get. Do people really want to burn it all down? I get being angry and frustrated about things. I am too about several issues. But to burn it all down?? That's the act of totalitarianism.

Historically this happens over and over again. Societies give power to corrupt megalomaniacs and psychopaths or those strong men seize power by other means. I'll never understand it. But we can see it happening here in the US right now. Whatever you think of Biden, he believes in our democratic institutions and governs that way. Trump absolutely does not hold those values and he makes no pretense about it. And his cult (what else can you call it!) follows along, yearning for fascism. And look at the truly awful sycophants that are drawn to be in Trump's inner circle. Ambitious people with no ethics or morality, only a naked lust for power.

If Trump gets elected, I really think that signals the end of our Republic's experiment in democracy. He has said as much in his plans for another term.

Maybe it's just mental laziness, fear and ignorance that draws people to a demagogue like Trump.

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