Who wants to play the game "Is this guy Ideologically Possessed?"
```A pretty common pattern for how things fall apart goes something like this:
Step 1: Something happens. Usually a brutal police crackdown on an otherwise peaceful protest or labor strike.
Step 2: Sustained mass protests in reaction to the above.
Step 3 :Authoritarian (Usually right-wing) paramilitaries/vigilantes take to the streets to quash the protests. The far right in America has been gearing (Psychologically and materially) up for this stage for decades now.
Step 4: Minorities and political opponents (Immigrants, ethnic and religious minorites, "Leftists" ) are targeted by paramilitaries/vigilantes. They're already talking about and chomping at the bit for this, too.
Step 5: Government lets the chaos continue for awhile (Usually a week or two).
Step 6: Strongman steps up to "Restore Order" (Usually focused on the protestors and targeted minorities, along with a token few from the paramilitaries).
Step 7: Democracy in given society dies/Authoritarian regime becomes even more authoritarian.```
