There is nothing new about all the problems you have described. If you think its new then please go and read about the Gilded Age and how US Democracy survived

There is nothing new about all the problems you have described. If you think its new then please go and read about the Gilded Age and how US Democracy survived it. Also look at China's over reaction to Covid, Russia's braindead war etc to understand strong leaders bring their own set of new problems to the table.