Greenwald: The Threat of Authoritarianism in the US is Very Real and Has Nothing to do with Trump
https://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-threat-of-authoritarianism-in
"...The hysterical Trump-as-despot script was all melodrama, a play for profits and ratings, and, most of all, a potent instrument to distract from the neoliberal ideology that gave rise to Trump in the first place by causing so much wreckage.
Positing Trump as a grand aberration from US politics and as the prime author of America's woes - rather than what he was: a perfectly predictable extension of US politics and a symptom of pre-existing pathologies - enabled those who have so much blood and economic destruction on their hands not only to evade responsibility for what they did, but to rehabilitate themselves as the guardians of tradition and prosperity and ultimately catapult themselves back into power. As of January 20, that is exactly where they will reside..."