 The possibility that Trump might be elected in 2024 could easily lead to an autocracy and the end of democracy in America. He would take effective control over all three branches of government, leading to new legislation favoring only him and his friends and no one else. That would take us to the end of representative government. The effects of Trump's election would be felt by everyone. The 1% would have an even bigger advantage. The 99% would pay a larger share of the government costs. The power of the autocrats would be served by even more divisiveness. Racism and bigotry with concomitant violence. Intelligence, tax collection and criminal justice would become weapons. Civil and human rights and the rule of law would no longer protect us. Corruption would be rampant in government, business and daily life. Things would be very different for all of us. Trump would be above the law and so even would his criminal friends under the power of the pardon. Disinformation and propaganda would be prevalent and Trump would see his election as a mandate to terminate independent media and support only media that supports him. As a result, people wouldn't know what's really going on and what he is doing. They would wind up getting only disinformation from him as in other autocracies. People don't realize that these changes will be profound, destructive and personal and would have a long-term impact on everyone in the country and ultimately the world. And short of revolution it would be challenging if not impossible to find a way back from an autocracy like this and restore any semblance of the democracy we've taken for granted.