HERE, in the US, where I am attending a political science conference, the prospect of Donald Trump coming to power induces tremors of trepidation.
Most agree that as is typical with the far right, he is a man unbound by the conventional courtesies that grease the wheels of power. With Trump, the cracks in the US will continue to grow as politics became ever more polarised and rancid under the new master of spectacle.
And the recent electoral advances of extreme right leaders in the Netherlands and Argentina have sent shock waves across the international community.
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