As the pandemic surges back, Trump and his lackeys have: - Robert Reich

History shows there are no "one day" dictatorships. When democracies fall, they typically fall completely.

If nothing is done to counter present trends, the major fault line in American politics will no longer be between Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives. It will be between the 'establishment'—political insiders, power brokers, the heads of American business, Wall Street, and the mainstream media—and an increasingly mad-as-hell populace determined to 'take back America' from them.

The mistakes made at one point in time have an eerie way of reemerging two generations later, as memories fade.