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I'm not sure if Clinton will be investigated further or prosecuted, but what should be most immediately concerning in terms of authoritarian control is the fact that his administration would punish flag burners.
Most obviously, this would censor political dissenters the most and intimidate political opponents.
Hilariously, they ignore the fact that punishing flag burners would violate the Constitution twofold. Additionally, it is formal practice to burn flags once they suffer from enough deterioration.
I don't think the next 4 years will be quite as bad as a dictatorship, since Trump's only discernible policy is the policy of Me. If we got a demagogue that was actually earnest in "telling it like it is", then we would be in more trouble.
However, the fact that his administration's official stance is to deny climate change should alarm people. It means that, at best, the nation just gambled time away for this man and that our children will have to clean up a bigger mess.
The other issue involves how thin skinned he is. He is a liability in terms of his diplomatic abilities, and overall his political posture suggests we'll be in for a combined rerun of the Reagan era and the Bush era with more bigotry and deregulation sprinkled in.