The repugican attempt to turn US into France

Reading Francis Fukuyama's The Origins of Political Order, one is struck by some of the features of the French Ancien Regime:

• The state was constantly at war.
• The rich were exempt from taxation.
• The constant wars and tax cuts for the rich resulted in an enormous debt.
• Innovation was focused on moving money, not investments that generated wealth.
• The elite were entirely self-absorbed in their own interests, regarding the common people with contempt.
• Elections were corrupted and eventually eliminated.

Sound familiar?