There are a couple of things we hear a lot today in political speeches, on the Sunday morning talk shows, and in letters to the editor in our local papers. One is that we are in danger of losing our democracy!... And another is that “authoritarianism” or some version of it — fascism is an equally popular term — is just around the corner.
I won’t say that…
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