It really shows how far we've been led away from our Founding Father's wisdom. That wisdom brought forth the US Constitution and an extremely LIMITED form of government that was fully transparent and 100% answerable to it's people. It had checks and balances to keep it from ever getting to where we are. But, though the fail-safe plan ultimately failed, this administration's "hostile takeover," if you will, appears to have every intention of getting us all the way back to a Constitutional Republic once again. In the meantime, every single move in that direction will look extreme, because, compared to what we've been used to for decades, all of it is a massive departure.