Well, no, those are not the only two options. Another option that we've already seen play out in a number of democracies worldwide is that a radical populist em

Well, no, those are not the only two options. Another option that we've already seen play out in a number of democracies worldwide is that a radical populist embeds himself in the government together with some die-hard loyalists, then destroys all checks and balances against him and neuters the opposition by leveraging the executive like a scythe. For democracy to be preserved, political players have to have respect for democracy as a prerequisite. The Heritage Foundation and their oligarch friends have absolutely no interest in that, and the rest of the Republican party mostly just nods along while collecting their paychecks. "We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be."