We are seeing one way in Venezuela and Bolivia, where ruling parties are, to hold onto power and defend their agendas, piecemeal dismantling popular republics, erecting in their stead one party states.
Think of it as the spread of the African model.
And in our own country it looks like the Republicans will travel this road with Trump as far as they need to to preserve his presidency and his shot at a second term.
Nixon was already well into his second term and ineligible for another by the time Republicans joined with Democrats to force him out.
And the party of that time was far less ideologically uniform and far less bloody-minded.
They are the party of the Second Amendment solution, led by a man who insisted he would fail to win the White House only if the Democrats stole the election and his followers should, in that case, take to the streets to seize their rightful victory.
Perhaps we are already a banana republic, but we just don't know it, yet.
Dead man walking.
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