I get that Doc, but look around you. Even with all his stupidity and flipping on and off of the tariff light switch, Fascism is taking root at Blitzkrieg speeds. The thing is, it doesn't have to be perfect to be oppressive. Dumb people can absolutely push a country into Authoritarianism. In fact, a lot of the worst in history were exactly that. Regimes with brothers and cousins running depts way above their pay grades.
6-9-25, less than 6 months from Inauguration. We have sent 100's to what is basically a death camp in another country. We are kicking in doors and raiding restaurants. We have military boots walking the streets of our largest metroplex to quiet protesters. We've imprisoned University students for protesting, and threatened to pull funding if the schools didn't "get it under control". We've threatened and pulled University funding unless those same schools didn't pull programs we don't like. We've erased part of our history because DEI, and threatened Corps for retaining any such programs. We've closed a bunch of programs at the federal level, and pulled funding for research. Even the Nazis weren't moving this fast. Right now, the Legislative Branch is silent. The Judicial is compromised at best. We are a Supreme Court ruling or two away from a full out Authoritarian regime. 6 months in. What will it look like in 12 months? 18 months? 42 months? I can tell you one thing for sure. It's not going to get better. How much worse is the question.