Thinking of this George Lucas quote todayโฆ.
โHow did the Republic turn into the Empire? That's paralleled with: How did Anakin turn into Darth Vader? How does a good person go bad, and how does a democracy become a dictatorship? It isn't that the Empire conquered the Republic, it's that the Empire is the Republic.โ
Hard not to just have to accept that a majority of the US population are not only fine but eager for the fascism that Trump was selling. A lot of people in America initially are going to suffer because of this and the geo-political consequences will be severe for the rest of us.
Reminder: in 2020, Trump trailed in the final 538 polling average by 8.4 pts, had a 10% chance in their model and still came within 42,918 votes across AZ, GA & WI of winning reelection.
Today, Trump trails by just 1.0 pt and has a 50% chance, per @NateSilver538's final model.