In California, daily life under Trump is marked by sporadic resistance and avoidance. Neither will defeat the autocrats In California, daily life under Trump is marked by sporadic resistance and avoidance. Neither will defeat the autocrats H ow would you behave if your democracy was being dismantled? In most western countries, that used to be an academic question. Societies where this process had happened, such as Germany in the 1930s, seemed increasingly distant. The contrasting ways that