This! I'm not catastrophizing like a I did before the election. I'm adopting a wait and see attitude.
Because, you are right. These people have not gotten smarter since the last time they were in power. With luck there will be so much infighting, backbiting, and stepping down, they won't be able to accomplish anything that requires a great deal of actual organization. They seem more interested in social media stunts than getting anything done.
The people he is said to want to put into positions of power are so dumb and incompetent that they won't be very effective. I'm waiting to see how their incompetence impacts us first.
I also try not to forget. We are not the Germans. They were not ready. We will be. There are always people working in the background, and behind closed doors, to accomplish the good, and check some of their worst behavior. As dumb as a lot of Americans have shown they are, a lot of us are also fiercely independent, and marginalized people tend to be openly rebellious.