Maybe we've grown so used to despotism elsewhere that we don't appreciate the dictator's creativity in holding the society together with bullshit and raw force. Or maybe Trump's a special case because his bullshit is so egregious, and his personality disorders so obvious. Society isn't supposed to be this absurd--especially the so-called developed, mature, free world. I think early humans turned to civilization largely to escape the absurdity of godless nature, but now we find that even the pinnacle of modernity, the US, looks like a circus under Trump.