Donald Trump couldn’t kill Democracy all by himself. He is merely the culmination of a long line of neo-fascist democracy haters on the right who have previously been working in the shadows to undermine our secular democracy. He just provides the cover and support for these neo-Fascist slime eels to come out from their bunkers and from under their rocks and take center stage.
As H. L. Mencken said, “As democracy is perfected, the office of President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
Tens of millions of white supremacists, neo-nazis, nativists and others boiling in hatred and fear of a system where everybody (especially those who don’t agree with them or look like them), will have a chance to cast votes carrying the same weight as their own. Democracy terrifies and enrages them. They are many of your neighbors and mine. And, not all of them affect tattooed skinhead looks. Plenty wear suits and dresses and work among us as well, quietly at home teaching their children a lesson very different than one of acceptance, empathy, equality and compassion.