I mean the US was already about 70% there, much farther than almost every other Western country…
Not that the remaining 30% isn’t CRUCIAL, mind you, but let’s not pretend that nothing was wrong with just about every aspect of the US political system before Trump et al took it to 11…
They learned from Hungary, that in democracy if you control media, you control how people vote.
I mean the US was already about 70% there, much farther than almost every other Western country…
Not that the remaining 30% isn’t CRUCIAL, mind you, but let’s not pretend that nothing was wrong with just about every aspect of the US political system before Trump et al took it to 11…