> That doesn’t mean they are even remotely comparable to Trump and his administration. They're not, but the Trump administration has been allowed to get to whe

> That doesn’t mean they are even remotely comparable to Trump and his administration. They're not, but the Trump administration has been allowed to get to where it is through the abuse of an increasingly broken system. Every administration puts policies into place that will last longer than the administration itself. For every administration you trust, that enables potential abuse, you have to ask yourself "Maybe I trust the current administration, but what about the next one?". This is a point that I, and many others, tried to make during the Obama era. Unfortunately, few listened. Politicians themselves didn't care. Obama did a lot of wonderful things for the US, but he also centralized a lot of power into the White House, and look how that's turning out. People are so easily tricked into believing the government forever has their best interest at heart, as long as the current person "in charge" is affiliated with their party. Democrats, in years past, enabled today's abuses of power. Republicans today, enabling the abuses of power for the years to come. It's as if the majority of voting citizens have zero ability to predict consequences. djsumdog is right, the system has been broken for a long time. America is just coming to terms with the cultural shock of seeing it all play out at high speed instead of it being a slow boil. I am optimistic however, that this shock will end up being the wake-up call the US needed to start seriously fixing itself, so hope is not lost.