If anything kills democracy it's going to be greed and lust for power. Hoarding money and making ever bigger profits is our problem. Trickle down & supply side has had it's chance and it doesn't help most of us in the long run...and once the "average American" invests in the stock of let's say fossil fuels or health care their future is wedded to the profits of those things. Bravo to the workers who voted in a Union at Amazon yesterday. If it wasn't obvious before we should understand that the purpose for the creation of the "Fox News" channel was to play to the fears of "average" Americans and keep power out of the hands of folks who support taxes and regulations for almost anything...and to foster the notion that white, straight, male, Christian American has been great and "perfect" at everything they've ever done. Trump was the acid fueled dream of many of those folks. Now just to keep the record straight, this is being written by someone who was born during Ike's term into a Republican/Christian family going back to Lincoln, who is male, white & straight. We need to figure out how to communicate the truth to enough of our family, friends & neighbors who don't get it....and to pressure politicians & big business. This forum is a wonderful source of information & community...but there needs to be focused positive action around that.