I think we're already on step 4.

The graphic is a about 6 months old.

But let the subscription lapse because news had become so instantaneous on the internet. I did cancel my membership and two gift subscriptions to "National Geographic" when Rupert Murdoch and his merry band of fascists purchased it. Several of my family members cancelled subscriptions to "The Wall Street Journal." And now that net neutrality is likely becoming a thing of the past, what's left? Smoke Signals? Tom-toms?

and we are probably within two years of step 5. This is when justice kennedy retires and the gorsuch type replacmeent is appointed. Shortly after that, federal same sex marriage and abortion rights will be overturned. White nationalist militia is mobilizing to complete step 5 extrajudicially.

The end result could be Fascism and war if things go horribly. The 2018 and 2020 elections will decide our fate, imo.

It is fast becoming terminal. The rot is spreading everywhere.
In the words of a Nobel laureate, “It’s not dark yet but it’s getting there”.