Excellent points Ben. But I still like the piece by another medium author that asserts his superpower stems from his openly giving permission to all the assholes in our society. Meanwhile Dems merely muddy the waters by trying to steer us to an array of slightly better angels we don't even recognize. The Dems are a six ring circus, but the center ring is still reserved for the plutocrats. And, with the outer rings merely showcasing new scapegoats for the far right Your thesis, however, is very well taken. Trump really is nightmare for a floundering democracy loosely attached to a declining empire amid a gradually collapsing economic system. FULL FRONTAL FASCISM always eventually finds it Pied Piper. Lucky for us they found such a piss poor one like the Donald. Note: https://medium.com/@daneke/the-fanatical-fascist-fungus-is-upon-us-please-america-wake-up-and-smell-the-jackboot-polish-b81f695a472f