A political scientist in Canada has warned that the US could be in the hands of a right-wing dictator in the near future.
The founding director of the Cascade Institute research center at the Royal Roads University in British Columbia and the University Research Chair in the Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo wrote an op-ed in The Globe and Mail. Canada needs to prepare.
The US is becoming "increasingly ungovernable" and could "descend into civil war" if it continues on its current path, according to Homer-Dixon.
He highlighted warning signals that pointed to the idea that American democracy could be in danger by the year 2025.
If Trump were to return to the White House, he would have only two objectives, according to Homer-Dixon. He warned that Canada is unprepared for a terrible storm from the US if Trump is reelected.
The GOP has been transformed into a near-fascist personality cult by Mr. Trump and a host of other like-minded people.
He said that Trumpism is beginning to resemble European fascists in its contempt for the rule of law and glorification of violence.
Homer-Dixon wrote that if Trump is reelected, he will be the "wrecking ball that demolishes democracy, but the process will produce a political and social shambles." Through targeted harassment and dismissal, he will be able to thin the ranks of his movement's opponents within the state, the bureaucrats, officials, and technocrats who oversee the non-partisan functioning of core institutions and abide by the rule of law.
"After Mr. Trump, the stage will be set for a more competent ruler to take charge of the chaos he's created."
The Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) is a Swedish think-tank. The US was named a "backsliding democracy" in the "Global State of Democracy Report 2021."
The United States, the bastion of global democracy, fell victim to authoritarian tendencies itself and was knocked down a number of steps on the democratic scale.
