The World is on the Precipice

A second Trump term can push us into chaos and widespread violence

Throughout American history, several crucial moments have defined our country's trajectory. The War of Independence, the Civil War and the fight against slavery, both World Wars, and the Cold War have all been struggles against despotism, whether foreign or domestic. And through those victories, the arc of history, for nearly 250-years, has always bent towards justice. But while those victories allowed us to flourish, they also ushered in a sense of complacency in American society that despotism was vanquished. The reality is that those evils never disappeared; instead, tyranny was mustering its strength, preying on fears and grievances in societies to strike out at America and the democracies of the world.

We have not been vigilant. The reemergence of despotism as a political force is attributable to American society falling prey to apathy, the growing belief that citizens' voices don't matter, and a sense of complacency that all is well, and democracy had defeated the "-isms" of the …