I think authoritarian is a fair word to describe Trump's Administration. Barack "I have a phone and I have a pen" Obama also had authoritarian tendencies.
The decision to not act is itself a decision. When the legislature says, "no," that is a legislative decision. Samuel Huntingdon described the United States under the Constitution as the last feudal political arrangement in world history. I would go a step further (having read
Elliot's Debates). The people of the states created the federal government and told it: "We are your masters. You are our servant. You may handle these matters and you may not handle any others." Then they delegated certain enumerated powers to their servant. The servant subsequently engaged in treason, rebelling against those limitations and attacking its sovereigns. Since then, every administration has taken more and more steps toward authoritiarianism. As Jefferson warned, "The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground."
Trump's innovation has been to ignore the legislature entirely, issue executive orders, and then adjudicate in federal courts. He wins some. He loses some. I do not like it. I find the "Nazi" appellation to by hyperbolic.
In crafting PSYOPs products, analysts start with "What do we want the target audience to
do?" They move on to "how can we paint a picture that will cause the target audience to do what we want them to do? What media and programs can we use to paint that picture?"
The Democrats and Democratic party loyalists are the ones screaming "Nazi" and "fascist." And what do they suggest you
do about the situation? Emigrate? Grab a gun and head for the hills? Why, no.
Vote for Democrats of course. Now, using the PSYOP product development process, reverse engineer that. It seems rather self-serving. They are manipulating people.
