 I think when I was younger, I didn't appreciate how democratic this country was. It was, you know, far left radical back in the 60s. And we would often conflate what was going on with the United States government, particularly under Nixon, with fascism, which I came to understand later was really incorrect. Right. So I want to talk first about what the strengths of our American system are, despite the flaws, and then what does it really mean to be threatened by fascism?