Diving headfirst into the haze of political chaos, the campaign for President Joe Biden has voiced out against former President Donald Trump's remarks - something they associate firmly with the blatant rhetoric of Adolf Hitler.
On a wider spectrum, these comments might not serve Trump in the grander scheme aimed at the upcoming general election race. Taking a walk down memory lane, the US finds itself in a scenario almost unheard of since the tumultuous years leading up to the Civil War. The shadows of the 1840s and 1850s reach out to us as the last instance of this critical crossroad. Back then, the stark dominance of player John Calhoun and the South in the Democratic Party saw a time when one of the major factions was not entirely committed to the American democracy we've come to know, value, and practice.
