But the old rules do not apply, and that’s important to recognise.

Maybe. People do not change that much; power structures change slower. For me it’s hard to tell what is happening.

The bottom line is that the US is an oligarchy, and has just handed the keys to actual, real fascists.

I don’t know if much has changed, my family is from the old Deep South, where blacks were not allowed in town after sundown or they were shot. Lots of what was common three generations ago would be front page news today.

That, and given how the average worker has suffered even today. These things we call fascism are not that impressive to me. Not yet.