re: #245 Dr Lizardo

And the Weimar Constitution had serious flaws that Hitler recognized and exploited to his own ends.

There are flaws in the American system of government as well - flaws that could be used by an unscrupulous autocrat to transform him or herself into an American Führer as we can see now with Trump’s dictatorial aspirations. Trump is simply too ham-fisted - but the next Mussolini wannabe might not be so boorish and crude.

Not in my wildest dreams can I imagine a 2020 success that resets the clock to 2015. We need structural fixes and cultural change. The structure can be done constitutionally. Don’t know how to get the second without tremendous upheaval.