My wife read How Fascism Works last year. We talked about the GOP's current brand. And talked. And talked. Still do. While someone like Wallace can give well-enunciated, methodical, pointed speeches, America was apparently primed for a more casual fascism. An "oh well if you think I went too far, then I was just kidding" type of fascism. Maybe it is a blessing in disguise that the GOP is still in Trump's stranglehold, but DeSantis is a-knockin'. And I think he's far more dangerous/capable, policy-wise. Trump needed his media savviness to rise to the top, especially in the primaries, but DeSantis doesn't, the conservative media apparatus will coalesce around anyone they think can take back power, and with none of the initial skepticism given to Trump.