My current working theory is that we're likely in the transitional stage from republic to empire.
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I suspect the empire has been up for grabs for some time now... I had been hoping for a right-wing strong man who could put the left in their place - an Augustus sort of figure who could preserve some of the morality of the old Republic. At best, a Second American Republic.
Instead we’ve got a left winger who’s making lists of all the right wingers he’s going to have taken out and shot.