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The apparent memory loss of many Americans is compounded by their limited attention to politics. Many are focused on turning a buck and not the government they elect, which is why a celebrity business fraud and failure was elevated to the Oval Office. Then, after mismanaging the response to a pandemic, two impeachments and leading a plot to overthrow our democracy, he is the now the unchallenged leader of a political cult threatening to assume power again. It's worth remembering this from our history:
Elizabeth Willing Powel: "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?"
Benjamin Franklin: "A republic, if you can keep it." -- September 17, 1787 outside Independence Hall, Philadelphia
That's a big "if" these days.
