This was written 6 months ago, and the conclusion was not added later. Any semblance of topical subjects is purely coincidental, and was not built into this by myself, no matter how prescient it may sound given six months prior writing. We wanted to talk about how representative-democracy can be subverted or turned into tyranny - a pretty apt subject at any time. It is always a pressing matter. Here in the United States, we have a very clear way of defining tyranny within our government, yet it is somehow vague as well. Since our constitution was created in 1787, usurping that constitution has been the easiest way to proclaim someone as a tyrant. Check out The Exploration's episode on the rise of tyranny in Germany: https://youtu.be/DJUf8MxbcdA ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Richter, Daniel. Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2003). https://amzn.to/2MVhWJ4 Ross Kennedy eds, A Companion to Woodrow Wilson (NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2013). https://amzn.to/2KXhGc1 Greg Robinson, A Tragedy of Democracy: Japanese Confinement in North America (NY: Columbia University Press, 2009). https://amzn.to/2MY3kZz Eds. Paul Boyer, Oxford Companion to American History (UK: Oxford University Press, 2001), 26, 367-68, 379-79, 831, 834. https://amzn.to/2KRpTl8 Eds. Eric Foner and John Garraty, The Reader’s Companion to American History (Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1991) 26-27, 215, 558, 565, 588-89, 1081, 1172. https://amzn.to/2MUYR9M http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Indian.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marbury_v._Madison https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_and_Sedition_Acts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_removal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Removal_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_of_Tears https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Civilized_Tribes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_J