[wkyle]

There seems to be a lot of dismissal in this thread about the consequences of a Constitutionally-legal road to dictatorship.

The historical precedent to this concern is the Nazification of Germany. After Hitler was appointed chancellor, the Enabling Act[1] was passed as an amendment to the constitution. This gave Hitler the power to pass unconstitutional laws without parliamentary or presidential approval.

I think the possibility of iterative erosion of Article V such that the the entrenched clause that protects the composition of the Senate from change without unanimity can be removed is very comparable. This is concerning in an age where a once-majority party has been largely supportive of a figure who's displayed dictatorial tendencies.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enabling_Act_of_1933