I think quietly becoming a country of backwater citizens, on the down low, is a prerequisite for a large enough percentage of voters to think giving a clown power, and then more power, and then more power, that will be very difficult to get back, regardless of increasing chaos, is the sober solution to all their frustrations.

Respect for competency, expertise, education, objectivity, honesty, cross-partisanship and compromise, empathy, diversity of thought, and a host of other important foundations for a healthy country, have already left the building.