Great essay Lannie. But it was better when I was sure it was satire. It is far too late in the life of or declining Democracy to kid about "our Fuhrer is less feckless then yours". Note: https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/01/02/the-politics-of-emergency-time-and-the-emerging-threat-of-fascism/ also note: https://medium.com/@daneke/slouching-toward-untopia-bf0a92f9d595 That being said I would vote for a just about any non-GOP female for national caretaker, while will radically reform our corrupt and capricious political economy. If wishes were horses.