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Paul Begala: The rest of us need to prepare to live in a different America

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Julian Zelizer : Donald Trump has won, and will become president for the second time.

Zelizer says the U.S. must prepare to live in a different America : a country where millions of our fellow citizens voted for a president who knowingly promotes hatred and division.

He says a reelected President Trump will try to transform the federal government into a loyalty machine that serves the interests of himself and his cronies.

Writer: As loyalists take over regulatory agencies, American skies will become more polluted, American food more dangerous.

The autocratic world will celebrate the victory of someone whose disdain for the rule of law echoes and matches their own.

But the most difficult, most agonizing changes are the ones that will now take place deep inside our society.

Radicalization of a part of the anti-Trump camp is inevitable, as people begin to understand that existential issues such as climate change and gun violence will not be tackled.