I think scrapping The Fitness Doctrine under Ronald Reagan's direction, and thereby allowing lying in the media, coupled with the Supreme Court ruling of Citizens United, set our Democracy on a dangerous course and now we're teetering on autocracy.

Is it relevant that America’s literal origin story is that a people went to war over an unaccountable authority imposing an unreasonable tax on them. (and that tax was an import tax, a tariff)

It seems relevant

In his previous term the cabinet took turns singing his praises around the table. Same song, second verse, with even more subservient lackeys

Looks just like my cat.