You just needed to read the next few lines to see I concur; I think its more serious. Autocrats around the world getting organized as we saw success in the European and other recent elections
Unless, you refer to my "consensus in America" where you look like that your saying Americans generally support autocratic rule. Maybe, but it would be sad for a people living in a "free" country espousing individual rights to liberty of movement, assembly and thought. Last time I looked not too many political prisoners in jail. https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=175071046
My point really thru McCabe is I'm surprised how after so many years of cold war, building a nuclear and other war machine specifically for the next battle which was clearly to be with Russia the American public can change their shoe wear now to backless sandals.