There is an ugliness in the land.....

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4. Chris Hedges continues to raise the alarm about exactly what you're describing...

He says that when social structures fall apart, society "vomits up" (his term) the kind of demagogue described in your OP.

Accordingly, says Hedges, there are a number of well-organized proto-fascist groups in this country, i.e., the Tea Party, religious right, white supremicists, neo-Confederates, militias, who are just waiting to step forward when the opportunity arises. And the PTB who profit from death and destruction will channel the rage inherent in these groups toward the most vunerable: immigrants, gays, African-Americans, the poor etc. It's a frightening scenario, and the majority of the population seem to be sleepwalking toward it.

Go to YouTube and pick out any of Hedges' recent talks. Listen to what he's saying.

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ETA: I just went over to Smirking Chimp to read the entire article. Please, you all, read the comments.

Here's part of one by johndamos:

The root of the ugliness resides in and around Wall Street and those corporate boardrooms, and those think tanks the 1% own, where the money and power create the ugliness we see and then promote it across USA.

Those yahoos in Alabama and Trump are not the creators of our problems, they are the result of 1% polices aimed at destroying the USA we once knew and loved, in favor of something alien to us all.