It is written that most Germans did not understand their predicament with the fascists, Third Reich & WWII until their homes, neighbourhoods and cities were bombed into rubble.
Max Sebald wrote this . Somewhere.
Maybe #ANaturalHistoryOfDestruction?
Many in the USA may be having similar misunderstandings.
I do wish otherwise, I wish that Trump and his base would pass on like a spent hurricane, leaving a lot of cleaning up to do.
But this might not be how things go.