Hypothesis: DeSantis:Trump::Stalin:Lenin. What does it mean? The sloppy, eccentric, charismatic innovator creates a hierarchical structure for ostensibly idealistic purposes (vanguard party of the proletariat, MAGA movement); the dour, ambitious, cunning power-broker steps in and exploits it, putting himself at the top, achieving a level of mastery and adoration he could never have achieved on his own - to far more influential and terrible effect. What do you think?