I know the history, the problem is we as engaged and informed citizens, our culture as Americans and our institutions are all in decline at the same time which is different than other times in our history.
Just because we may "survive" outrageous political periods does not mean we will necessarily survive this one or that survival should be the goal anyway.
Trump has already shown he can manipulate somewhere between 30-35% of the voting population and has proven that he can do just about anything and get away with it.
What evidence do we have that he would be stopped from firing Rosenstein and Mueller, shutting down the investigation and purging the FBI and DOJ to make sure no one else dares question him? Is Congress going to do it's job to hold the President accountable? They have not yet so why would they start now?
We also have a state-run media quickly emerging led by Fox and joined by Breitbart, Info Wars, Gateway Pundit and conservative radio & online idiots like Rush, Drudge, Ann Coulter et al. They help hold those 30-35% of the voters licking their lips for red meat and combined with Trump's usage of Twitter clouds reality, distributes lies and conspiracy theories and attacks "enemies of the state" i.e. anyone who dares use rare things like logic, truth, integrity and honor to live their lives.
We also have an active foreign enemy, Russia, who continues to meddle in our affairs and subvert our Republic to aid this President and the far right. The Nunes memo was amplified greatly by Russian social media bots and trolls using the #readthememo hash tag and pushing fake scandals and smearing good Americans.
This is not a partisan issue, this is not Republican vs Democrat. This is Right vs Wrong. History will note what people do and not do from this point forward in every part of our government and country. Us citizens need to stand up as well and make it clear this is unacceptable. This is very serious and hopefully there are still enough people willing to fight to restore our national integrity and sovereignty. If Rosenstein and/or Mueller are fired, there needs to be a significant reaction to stop Trump and hold him and his cronies accountable.