This was a message.
Ukraine is done. The democrat warlords made their play, and they dropped the ball. Just as Tp4 predicted they would.
Largely the friction we're seeing is only a Re-Shuffling of who gets to Embezzle tax funds, there's really no difference as to general operations.
Republicans have historically been more responsive to outward economic pressure, corruption, because they're by far the worse businessmen.
Is that better for america. YES, is that better for the world, also YES. Does it look cool to the average American-nationalist, No.
You have to understand that Our nation is by far the most violent, belligerent gangster on the planet by an extreme margin.
As for totalitarianism. That's all we've ever had, it might not be the STORY told to people, but it has always been the primary structure behind the scenes. America fundamentally pioneered the strongest propaganda system on the planet.
This is why we killed ~3 million people in the middle east, none of which had any WMDs, and virtually NO ONE in this country knows anything about it.
IN THE END, it's not important, Eating 100% Veggies is the only VOTE that matters, whether you're a Naive-Idealist or an Aspiring-Dictator.