Slippery slopes and the boiling-frog effect: How the Republican Party succumbed to Trump

Interesting read. Only issue I take with it is it seems to absolve people of responsibility for their actions. Republican’s were just swept up in psychological forces they did not control leading them to finding themselves in this pickle.

They, all of them, are educated adults, and if they broke laws they should be held accountable. My fear, particularly with the take this article has is, well we got rid of the bad influence on you, so let’s shake hands and move on. After as far down the slope they’ve fallen or how hot they let the water get, that’s not good enough. At some point people must be held accountable for their actions or inactions, and we are well past that point with Trump & Co.

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