'Cheney represents another branch of American totalitarianism, one built on institutions, elites, and stability. Hers is the slow totalitarianism of internal spying, voter suppression, dark money elections, and dynastic politics.'
Cheney’s branch of American totalitarianism helped the military-national security establishment grow in power, forging ever-deepening ties with corporations, educational institutions, religious establishments, and political institutions at all levels—a hybrid form of government, lest we forget, that political scientists call ‘fascism.’
She and her peers kept this complex humming for many years. Then, Trump and his minions triggered the hasty and unruly violence of ‘the wrong people,’ who came breaking glass and shouting ugly names. This intrusion of the hoi polloi is led by people who don’t care about establishment figures like the Cheneys. They humiliate generals and intelligence officers, while acting outside the predictable range of bipartisan behaviors in Washington.
But with the threat has come an opportunity. As Republicans move ever closer to Trump’s lowbrow totalitarianism, Democrats and liberal voters are increasingly embracing the intelligence and military establishment. They idealize the FBI and CIA, hang onto the televised words of generals, and elevate war criminals like George W. Bush and the Cheneys at the slightest prompting.
Cheney and her colleagues are smart. If they have an endgame, and they almost certainly do, it is to build on this growing liberal support for elites—the same elites that have been eroding American democracy for decades. My suspicion is that Cheney’s new organization, “,” will raise a great deal of money from Democrats in the name of opposing Trump and will use it to reinforce elite perceptions and institutions.
As is so often the case in history, there are no heroes in the Cheney/Trump conflict. One side is steadily eroding freedom at home while promoting wars abroad. The other side offers rage and chaos. That’s not to say there isn’t a fight underway to build genuine democracy in the United States. There is, and its outcome will shape the future. But if that’s your fight, Liz Cheney is not your ally.
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