It’s fanciful to claim that democrats don’t understand what they’re doing. There is no way they don’t realize that republicans have no interest in bipartisanship, and the only explanation I can see is that they’re intentionally easing US into fascism.
They’re basically keeping people passive while republicans dismantle the vestiges of a democratic process and they’re also using the time to beef up and militarize the police. When republicans get in power in 2024 they’ll have all the tools need.
Yeah, I agree that all the elements are already present. I do think that as material conditions continue to decline and civil unrest starts spreading then the regime is going to crack down very violently on that. This will have full support from white supremacists, upper crust of the working class, and and petit bourgeoisie.