The GOP just don't get it.

Societies over the course of recorded history have tended heavily toward monarchical rule. Republican governments and democracies aren't uncommon forms of government, but they do not tend to last nearly as long or be as stable and secure as monarchies. In fact, many a republic has grown unstable and devolved to where one man takes complete power and rules as a dictator. The United States has come close to this several times. Considering how many people put complete trust and faith in Barack Obama, and how many people, now, have placed all of their faith and trust in Donald Trump, I must ask the question: are we really that far from being a dictatorship? No, because we have been teetering on that cusp for roughly 230 years. The only things that have kept us from falling back into becoming part of one man's empire are the Constitution and those of us who defend it. Sadly, some of the people we just elected to serve in the U.S. government just don't get it. I cannot help but wonder if they, somehow, see themselves as benevolent monarchs, trying to do what they think is best for the masses.