Trump and Musk are testing the limits, trying to sell America on being an authoritarian state — but they can’t do it unless we allow them to do so.
[…]Instead, the general views seem to be either that what Trump is doing is fine and good or that it is unconstitutional, illegal lawlessness — but, in either event and whether implicit or explicit, the end result is inevitable and Trump is winning.
That’s wrong, and I want to explain why — not because I think we are safe from the very dangerous consequences being discussed but because those consequences are not inevitable even though Trump and Musk and their allies want you to think they are.
I do not see that as a minor distinction. Trump is a salesman, as is Musk, and they are both trying to sell America on being an authoritarian state — but they can’t do it unless we allow them to do so.
The courts are not the solution, although courts play a key role. This requires, instead, a whole-of-democracy solution.
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