Thanks for reading and responding, Jim. I keep wanting to be wrong about the dangers. My brother wrote to my facebook post about Trump that he won't actually do all the stuff he says he is going to do. He made it seem like I was catastrophizing about Trump 2 being the end of democracy and curtains for the planet. He was concerned about law and order and inflation and just did not believe that Trump is capable of following through on the stuff I am scared about. It made me question if the crisis is all in my head. Is this what gaslighting feels like?

I suppose I feel the same way about potential danger to myself and people I love. It can't be as bad as I imagine it to be. Can it?

I used to think that the demographic shift in the USA would lead to inevitable progressive policies as all the old right wingers died off and were replaced by a multicultural mix. That did not happen. Or at least it did not happen enough. Anyway. Blah Blah Blah - thanks for reading.