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Republicans don't want a democracy, they want a dictator. They want government to control what people read and see and who they love and control females in general like they are a slaves.
In a generation Republicans went from "small government" to "government control over everything" and it is one of the most fascinating evolutions of a political party in American history.
At least that is how it seems if you had not been actually paying attention to not what Republicans were saying but what they were doing. Since the days of Eisenhower it's always been about them and what they want and how they can use the power of government to do it.
Trump is no different. He is just more "bull in a china shop" about it and that bombastic and authoritarian bent has spread like wildfire through the Republican Party. They are now not only saying the quiet part out loud, they are are proud of positions that would have been antithetical to own Party's public talking points just a generation ago.
There is no better version of Republicans. There is no redemption. Their totalitarian fascist bent is baked into their DNA and has been for decades.
Trump is not the cause of the current situation.
What we are seeing now is just the natural evolution of a sick, violent and hateful people in a political party that was always going to end up here.
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