The lesson of the 1930's is that democracy is precious (and fragile).

[Hortensis]

1. "Before mass leaders seize the power to fit reality to their lies,

their propaganda is marked by its extreme contempt for facts as such, for in their opinion fact depends entirely on the power of man who can fabricate it.”

– Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism

Exactly what we're living. AG Barr actually arrogantly boasted that last.

The dangerous threats of the 1930s have risen again. Wackjob Trump should never have pointed to her, but even that crazy Dr. Stella with her demon sperm is an outrageous indicator of the anti-reason, anti-science, mystical thinking attractive to millions of those drawn to fascist leaders and their lies. Merely a different manifestation of the far-right claim that the Covid pandemic is fake and a LW plot to destroy America's sacred freedoms.

“When Fascism came into power, most people were unprepared, both theoretically and practically. They were unable to believe that man could exhibit such propensities for evil, such lust for power, such disregard for the rights of the weak, or such yearning for submission. Only a few had been aware of the rumbling of the volcano preceding the outbreak.”
– Erich Fromm, Escape from Freedom

Perhaps we should thank Trump for being such an incompetent wannabe fascist. Before Trump, most discussion of the fascism rising on our right was to deny such talk as foolish and ignorant.