Anarchy Started When Dems Renounced Democracy

The year 2021 began much the way 2020 ended: with too many Americans staring into the dark chasm of nihilism as the nation’s politics yielded to a great political cleavage between left and right, liberal and conservative. The United States is on the very precipice of anarchy, perhaps even civil war, as respect, belief, and, yes, faith in the political efficacy of democracy is dwindling. The previous year has been a dire warning about what that anarchy looks like: riots, looting, violence, police forces appearing powerless to enforce law and order, and politicians afraid to demand it.

America’s delicate political equilibrium did not begin to teeter with a 2020 Presidential Election that many Republicans feel was rife with fraud; nor did it commence with President Donald Trump’s refusal to accept the disputed results of that election. It did not even begin with the protests and violence that erupted after the death of George Floyd while in the custody of the Minneapolis police. The subsequent disruption of society merely confirmed that too many people believed problems could be solved on the streets and not in the legislatures and courts of the nation. Read Full Article »