It is depressing to see the USA turn into a fascist state thanks to endless Republican Party lies, hatred, and endless breaking of even the most basic laws. But as at least 74 million US voters prefer fascism to any less harmful alternative we must conclude that representative democracy is performing precisely as expected. Plato, 2,500 years ago, pointed out that democracy always ends in tyranny because so many ignorant stupid ordinary people are so easily gulled by cynical power-hungry demagogues. And so it turns out. RIP USA.