There were 3 forks in recent history that put us where we are

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14. I think your list of turning point events is true

Except that they were all indicative of the end of this country as a Constitutional government and the beginning of it as a post Constitutional government which might be more like a Plutocracy, a Corporatocrisy or something resembling Fascism.

The Supreme Court basically ripped up the Constitution by taking it (un-Constitutionaly) upon itself to select Bush rather than count the votes.

The Republicans have acted as if they know this to be a fact ever since.

The rest of us are still naively fooling ourselves that it didn’t matter.

But it did matter. All the other facts you listed are a direct result of the SOTUS selection, as is Trump as President.