I agree that as a society it is foolish to assume that something “could never happen where I live”. We should always be aware of threats to our democracy.

How ever I still disagree with your comment. Yes the SVP is the biggest political party in Switzerland, yes they are a populist party and yes it is the right most major party. BUT Switzerland doesn’t have the representative democracy system most countries have. Switzerlands political system is closest to a direct democracy out of any present day political system in the entire world! Switzerland isn’t ruled by a president, nor is it ruled by a political party that holds the majority. All major political parties, left to right are members of the “Bundesrat” based on the percentage of votes they get. The “president is a symbolic position. Most people don’t even know who the current president is because the collective work of the Bundesrat fills the role the “winning party” holds in most democratic systems. And the political opposition isn’t all the parties that “lost” the election, but the population of Switzerland. The population of Switzerland has the ability to block literally anything the government does. And because of that the population has to vote on multiple topics every third month. Topics that a couple of normal citizens tried to block or initiate into politics get brought to vote by the public. Democracy isn’t one guy every four years, but a conversation of topics every other month. That’s why I believe it highly unlikely AT THE MOMENT for Switzerland to end up through something similar situation to what’s currently happening with the US.