Which meant I was not reading nearly as much news. No being plugged into the Doom Funnel, it would be very easy to think everything was fine. As Richardson notes, things are not fine. The stock markets aren't loving things either. We are likely on the verge of a government shutdown, which - on top of all the chaotic firings or maybe-firings in the federal workforce - is going to take another bite out of the GDP>
Today, Richardson gives one of her history lessons on the contrast between democracy and autocracy in American history. One thing I would add to her excellent piece. In his first term, Trump (and Bannon) explicitly modeled his presidency on Andrew Jackson, our first democratic populist. Jackson was a man of many, many flaws and bad ideas, but he did seem to be devoted to the virtues of democracy. This second time around, Trump is mirroring his presidency on William McKinley, the last gasp administration of the Robber Baron class.
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