How the US Went Fascist: Mass Media Make Excuses for Trump Voters – BillMoyers.com

The rise of Donald Trump to the presumptive Republican standard bearer for president in 2016 is an indictment of, and a profound danger to the American republic. The Founding Fathers were afraid of the excitability of the voters and their vulnerability to the appeal of demagogues. That is the reason for a senate (which was originally appointed), intended to check those notorious hotheads in Congress, who are elected from districts every two years. But it isn’t only the checks and balances in government that are necessary to keep the republic. Continue reading

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