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[Cyrano]

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At noon on January 20th, Donald Trump will be sworn in as president. And IMO, American democracy will die at that moment.

He thinks he's being sworn in as King Donald the First. He's sure he's attained absolute power. He believes he will be able to do whatever he wants to do. And who's to disagree? After all, who's to stop him? The congress? Both houses of congress will be owned by Republicans. The courts? How can they enforce their decisions? Take it to the Supreme Court which is currently a wholly owned subsidiary of the Republican Party?

And, oh yeah. there's that thing called "public opinion." Seems to me that "public opinion" has become a meaningless fantasy, the power of which is believed in by fools and liberals like me. After all, how many armies does "public opinion" command?

Many wish "King Donald" would choke on a Big Mac. The problem is, it wouldn't make any difference. The extremist element of the Republican Party holds all the levers of power. And if/when J.D. Vance, or anyone else in their neo-Nazi club replaces Trump, it won't matter. They've got their plans in place. They call it Project 2025. Decent human beings call it fascism.

This is going to be an ugly year for America, and perhaps the rest of the world. And it may not be the last one.

But, at some point, the oncoming "Fourth Reich" will fall, and some semblance of democracy will again come into being. But will it matter? Can fascism be buried forever as a primitive relic of humanity? Perhaps.

Then again, Mother Nature seems to have a bigger say than ever in the future of our environment. And she may just destroy us before we get around to destroying ourselves.