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Surely, a competent demagogue can succeed in the US. This book, How Democracies Die, explains the way. Actually I'd say it'd be easier in the US since the Republican party, one of the two major parties, is anti-democracy, anti-intellectualism, anti-science, pro-conspiracy theories, fosters white privilege, and religiosity. Repubs have created a monster, their base, which has been helpful in mobilizing and winning elections, but is heavily anti-democratic (the system of democracy), and simplistic in its approach to politics: us v. them; with us or with the enemy; Dems aren't fit or legitimate to govern. There can never be unity or cooperation when there's no agreement on a set of reality, facts. A plurality of Repubs still believe this election was stolen. Now anyone who believes that is mentally challenged and/or divorced from reality. But in creating the monster, many Repub leaders have to feed it this lie. They should throw out of Congress all those elected members who challenge the result of the election as insurrectionists against the rule of law, and their oath to the constitution. The president, vp, all 435 House members, and 1/3 of the Senate, were elected on same ballot..... yes, same 1-piece ballot. So if they dispute the top line (for prez and vp), then they should dispute their own election too! Demagogues, hypocrites, enemies of democracy they all are, and of the worst kind, because they have more responsibility than the average person.