From a historical, socio-political angle, what we are witnessing now in the U.S., stemming from what has been labeled "Trumpism" by some political scientists, is not new. The intimidation and silencing of opposition; the attack on truth in the name of ideology; the increasingly toxic tribalism; the strategic and cynical demonizing of disagreeable “others;” the metastasizing moral and civic corruption ; the bubbling violence in discourse and on the streets; the civic institutions bullied into compliance; the acquiescent courts; the cult of personality ; the nihilistic march toward authoritarianism—it’s all been done before. We’ve seen it throughout history. The script is similar; the moves expected, as is the outcome. And yet the process can appear maddeningly unstoppable.

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