The problem I see is there is a toxic mix of racism and religion in this country. The Washington Post reports that religious funding groups are pouring money into the Proud Boys, and other neo-fascist groups.
I had a pretty awesome prof in the classes I took in college. Hitler referred to himself as being 'on a mission from God', and had the cooperation, and support, of religious people and corporate types and many of Germany's non-Jewish rich.
In can happen here, and it seems to be happening here. With many religious leaders throwing it all on the wall, and continuing to support the soon to be ex-president with statements like 'anointed by God', and other crazy statements that make me more certain that religion in this country is hopelessly broken.
The toxic brew of religion, money, greed, and power is running to critical mass now. People thought that the 'riot' last week was the Reichstag? I'm getting more and more concerned that it was just the start and Franklin Graham is getting wood thinking of the future, the toxic future.
They hate minorities, largely blacks but immigrants, and, well, how much time do you have. They hate gays, they hate 'Muslims', strong women, science, 'liberals', socialism, communism, science, thought, freedom, choice, shorts, g-strings, and yet have more weapons than I do, and that 'thou shall not kill' was morphed into 'thou shall kill the INFIDELS'.
Religion has always had an undercurrent of 'I'm special, and you're not', but today's 'God wants you to be rich' proponents are all about 'you deserve more', and 'they' deserve less. Ignoring the fact that the 'they' was actually themselves... But anyway...
But this could just be the anxiety and panic that I feel at the moment.