We like to think that is the case, but just the presidential election itself has shown this not to be true. I'm tired of people apologizing for Trump voters by

We like to think that is the case, but just the presidential election itself has shown this not to be true. I'm tired of people apologizing for Trump voters by saying that they were choosing the lesser of two evils or whatever other crap they say. The election showed that almost half of Americans simply don't give a shit what their party does as long as its THEIR party, they will continue to vote for it. Such partisanship not only gave us President Trump, but is actively hindering efforts to reign in the descent into dictatorship. e.g. Republican congressmen and Senators seem unwilling to address some rather serious concerns with the Trump family because they know now that it doesn't matter. As long as they're not "liberal snowflakes", anything, anything goes. The optimist in me looks at the other half of Americans who still have their good sense intact, and even those who chose not to vote. But as Robert Reich and Dan Rather have said repeatedly: these are dangerous times for our democracy.