What about the preceding accusation of dictatorship?
I do not think that democracy will be threatened if he is elected to office.
I think it will be corroded. He won't dissolve it like Mussolini, but will further turn some of its institutions into a mockery of their nominal functions. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
I was not relating this only to this thread, but the relentless accusation of fascism in the French lefty press and private circles.
"Mockery of their nominal function"
We disagree here. If he wins, I hope I was not wrong and you were not right about this. 'La fin désastreuse a répondu aux moyens indignes' Germain Tillion