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I Don't Think That Disasters Have To Be Spectacular. They Can Be A Slow Corrosion.

Obviously, Donald Trump Won't Be Impeached Or Removed So Long As The Republicans Hold Even One House Of Congress. And Even Should They Lose Both In November Of 2018, Launching An Impeachment - As The Republicans Discovered With Bill Clinton - Is Very Dangerous To The Impeaching Party. Unless You Have A Highly Credible Set Of Extremely Damning Facts, You Turn A Constitutional Crisis Into A Political Crisis. You Rally Potential Supporters Of The Impeached President To Him. You Make His Base Bigger. So I Imagine That He Is Likely To Serve Out The Full Term.

It's Very Important To Understand That 21st Century Authoritarian Rule Does Not Look Like 20th Century Authoritarian Rule. You're Not Going To Have People In Parade Ground Formations. You're Not Going To Have A Police State. You're Not Going To People With Decorative Armbands Bullying People On The Sidewalks. And The Leaders Won't Stand At Microphones For Hours Ranting At People. All Of That Is So 80 Years Ago.

Elites Are Inevitable In Politics. That Is How Politics Is Going To Work. The Question Is, Are Your Elites Responsible, Public-spirited? Do They Think About The Interests Of Others, Not Just Themselves? And The Story Of Western Politics Since The Beginning Of The Century Is That As Elites Become More Separated, More Selfish, As They Leave Behind Their Populations And Don't Think About Them, They Become Discredited. And The People Look For Alternatives. But The Alternative Is Worse. Those Rules Of The Game Protect Us All. And They Are More Precious Than Almost Any Political Outcome.

If Right And Left Are Competing To Be The Biggest Victim, Who Is Competing To Be The Government?