because there are some chilling similarities in there I had overlooked, and I'm glad you brought them out. Democrats haven't been screaming for nothing. I wonder sometimes if we've already lost.

>"Even more important, is to be aware of techniques that others have used in the past to undermine a democracy, and to be on guard against them in the present day. The Nazis came to power by exploiting procedural loopholes in the German democracy and packing the legislature, so it's prudent be sensitive to actions that suggest somebody's trying to take over our own legislature. Gerrymandering districts, "backlash insurance", strong Party discipline, control of campaign financing...we ought to be suspicious of that sort of behavior even if those doing it today just hate to be reminded that Nazis once did it too."