Some people seeing this article may be thinking “I love Donald Trump and I’m all in favor of a MAGA dictatorship!” If that’s what you’re thinking, be careful what you wish for; you just might get it.
You may think that you want a MAGA dictatorship NOW; but suppose you change your mind later? Well, you would be screwed. In fact, we would all be screwed because you cannot simply vote a totalitarian country out of dictatorship. Any country that descends into fascism invariably remains fascist for decades; and fascism has never been reversed peacefully.
Here’s an analogy: Imagine that democracy is an oak tree. You decide to chop that oak tree down and cut it up into firewood. A few weeks later, you come to realize that you don’t really need all that firewood and you would rather have the oak tree back the way it was. Of course, what was done cannot be undone. Changing an oak tree into a pile of kindling is difficult, but changing a pile of kindling back into an oak tree is impossible. Just be aware of the consequences of actions that can never be undone!
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