How close is America to a dictatorship?

[KY_EnviroGuy]

67. Not going to happen and here's why.

We're already living in a plutocracy with a facade of democracy. A dictatorship requires absolute control by an individual or a very tiny group with one person as a head who yields to no one. The plutocrat class could never yield to any individual to control their empires. They're simply too diverse, narcissistic, individualistic and greedy.

A large cadre of high-wealth individuals currently controls virtually every aspect of our lives. Their only commonality is maximizing profits, gaining increasing control of the earth's resources and increasing their grip on world governments. Thank goodness they're not organized into a group. The GOP has long been owned by that group along with a large array of think tanks and media outlets. However, the GOP cannot govern and are nothing without funding from the plutocrats.

We might well degenerate into what appears to be a dictatorship but that would be a facade as well. We might take note of Trump's gyrating efforts at keeping some of the world's plutocrats happy. Conflicts abound.

We do still have those final firewalls of protection with the purse strings, mass strikes and a fair number of good judges.

KY rant done.......