First of all, I see Donald Trump as a disaster and his reactionary agenda (which he shares with the Republican Party) as one capable of implementation only with effective suppression of the Other Side. You may interpret that to mean torture chambers, purges reminiscent of witch-hunts, and of course the destruction of American democracy. It is all without precedent. With a President as erratic as Donald Trump and with am adequate number of political stooges on his side, the essence of liberal democracy will be at risk.
I used to think a military coup impossible due to the decentralization of economic, political, and media power -- but all that it takes for a coup is an incompetent and unpopular leadership. I would not be surprised if we had severe tampering with elections to get the 'right' result for Trump and his associates.
I can imagine post-Trump right-wingers imposing some War for Profits... like trying to overthrow governments of Cuba or Venezuela. Far from getting the glorious results they get military disaster.
America has yet to congeal politically on any agenda' Americans split about 53-47 on most issues, and find little ground. It could be that one side gets its way on everything and compels the losing side to accept the result irrespective of its nastiness -- or emigrate, go underground, or die.
Intensification of economic inequality leads to bubbles that do more to waste capital than to protect, let alone grow capital. I expect the Trump/GOP side to fail catastrophically if it gets its way. There may be no means of bailing out the bad actors of this round of panic and depression.
I used to think a military coup impossible due to the decentralization of economic, political, and media power -- but all that it takes for a coup is an incompetent and unpopular leadership. I would not be surprised if we had severe tampering with elections to get the 'right' result for Trump and his associates.
I can imagine post-Trump right-wingers imposing some War for Profits... like trying to overthrow governments of Cuba or Venezuela. Far from getting the glorious results they get military disaster.
America has yet to congeal politically on any agenda' Americans split about 53-47 on most issues, and find little ground. It could be that one side gets its way on everything and compels the losing side to accept the result irrespective of its nastiness -- or emigrate, go underground, or die.
Intensification of economic inequality leads to bubbles that do more to waste capital than to protect, let alone grow capital. I expect the Trump/GOP side to fail catastrophically if it gets its way. There may be no means of bailing out the bad actors of this round of panic and depression.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.