The Former President's Policies Pose a Danger to Civilized Society.
His national and international policies – from the effort to overturn the election previously to latest incursions and statements – weaken both national and global legal frameworks. But that’s not all.
They jeopardize the very concept of civilization itself.
A guiding principle of civilized society is to prevent the dominant from harming and taking advantage of the less powerful. Failing that, we risk being permanently immersed in a state of nature where only the fittest could survive.
This concept lies at the center of the nation's founding texts. This is also the core of the global system established after WWII advocated by the US, built on collective action, popular sovereignty, fundamental freedoms, and the legal authority.
But, it is a fragile ideal, often broken by those who seek to abuse their influence. Maintaining it necessitates that the powerful have the moral fortitude to refrain from seeking temporary advantages, and that the public ensure they answer for their actions if they don't.
Unfettered might does not equal right. It results in uncertainty, chaos, and war.
Each instance individuals, companies, or nations that are wealthier and stronger attack and exploit those that are weaker, the framework of our shared norms frays. If such aggression are allowed to continue, the system fails. If not stopped, the world can fall into chaos and war. It has happened before.
Our current reality is a international landscape marked by extreme inequality. Authority and resources are held by fewer hands than ever before. This invites the powerful to exploit the disadvantaged because they feel omnipotent.
The wealth of certain ultra-wealthy individuals is difficult to fathom. The influence of major corporations in technology, energy, and aerospace spans a vast portion of the world. Advanced technology is could further concentrate resources and influence further. The military might of the world's largest nations is unprecedented in recorded history.
Enabled by a compliant faction and a sympathetic judicial body, the executive office has been made into the supreme and answerable-to-none agent of the state in the modern era.
Consider this confluence and you perceive the threat.
A direct line ties earlier transgressions to ongoing threats. These were founded upon the hubris of invincibility.
There is a similar pattern in international affairs: in military conflicts, in coercive diplomacy, and in the rampant monopolization by industrial titans.
Yet, strength without restraint does not create right. It fosters fragility, upheaval, and armed conflict.
Historical evidence demonstrates that frameworks designed to constrain the powerful also safeguard them. Without such constraints, their relentless pursuit for increased control and resources eventually bring them down – along with their enterprises, countries, or domains. And pave the way for world war.
This blatant lawlessness will haunt America and the global community – and the very idea of a rules-based order – for the foreseeable future.