As I am about to enter my 9^th decade on this troubled
world I increasingly find it harder to put my thoughts in to words
and thus rarely share them here on Democracy Under Fire but it would
seem that we must all speak out to save it from total mayhem.

The following short extract from a recent article on The
Hill outlines perhaps the most troubling particular want to be
dictator / authoritarian but we dont have to look far from home to
see various ‘leaders’ with a similar mind set. World wide there seems
to be an ever increasing movement to this mindset … or is it just
that those of that inclination are more able to spread their divisive
rhetoric easier with via the influence of ‘social media’ ?

“It is easy to drift into alarmed hyperbole
about Donald Trump’s second presidency. The guardrails and
principled advisers who discouraged his authoritarian proclivities
during his first term are no longer there. Without them, and with his
advancing age, he has become the most dangerous man in the world. 

Some in the hyper-muscular manosphere (the
so-called “secretary of War” is one) may consider that
a compliment. It is not. The person who currently commands
the awesome weapons of the presidency lacks the temperament,
mental stability and moral compass required for
the job. The American republic and the international order
are hanging by a thread………………

The unadorned truth is
that Trump’s broken moral compass, overactive testosterone,
sycophantic staff, pathological narcissism, and extraordinary
presidential powers make him a clear and present danger to the
republic and the world……………

https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5646761-trump-second-presidency-danger/

William
S. Becker is co-editor of and a contributor to
“Democracy Unchained: