The president claimed in his role of commander in chief the right to commence warfare and monitor Americans at his will without congressional approval.

The technocrats are obsessed with returning the system to the norm that they are used to and think of as the natural condition. The 2020 election, if it follows patterns, ought to be won by the technocracy, which means the Democrats, although in fact it is an election that can go either way and not significantly affect the process.

The 2016 election constituted a clear regeneracy for both factions. In national politics, it mobilized party partisans to an intensity not seen since the mid-1930s if not the late 1850s.

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