America has repeatedly overcome reactionary authoritarian movements before

Evidence

The rise of the religious right should be cause for alarm among all who care about the future of democracy in America. Yet it should not be the cause of despair. If Christian nationalism is a pathology rooted in America’s past, as I have argued, so, too, may the cure draw in important ways from our history. Overcoming this kind of reactionary and authoritarian movement isn’t just something Americans can do; it is what has made Americans what we are. — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 1065

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Christian nationalist history follows a golden-age-fall-redeem narrative structure. — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 526; Reactionary movements embrace radical change to defend or restore hierarchies. — Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry, The Flag and the Cross: White Christian…, 334; The United States moved toward higher capacity and lower democracy between 1989 and 2005 — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 424