The Former President's Actions Present a Danger to Our Social Fabric.
The domestic and foreign strategies – including the attempted coup previously to current actions and statements – weaken both national and global law. The implications are broader.
They endanger the very concept of what we mean by.
The guiding principle of civilized society is to stop the stronger from harming and taking advantage of the less powerful. Without this, we would be locked in a conflict of all against all where might makes right could survive.
This principle is central of the nation's founding texts. This is also the foundation of the postwar international order championed by the US, built on international cooperation, popular sovereignty, fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law.
However, it is a delicate principle, easily violated by those who choose to misuse their power. Preserving it demands that the those in charge have the moral fortitude to abstain from seeking temporary advantages, and that the public demand responsibility when they fail.
Unchecked strength does not make right. It leads to turmoil, upheaval, and conflict.
Whenever individuals, companies, or nations that are richer and more powerful attack and exploit those that are not, the framework of civilization weakens. Should such behavior are left unchecked, the fabric unravels. Without intervention, the world can plunge into instability and violence. History provides ample precedent.
Our current reality is a global community marked by extreme inequality. Influence and wealth are increasingly centralized than in recent memory. This encourages the elite to take advantage of the disadvantaged because they feel omnipotent.
The wealth of a handful of ultra-wealthy individuals is difficult to fathom. The reach of global industrial giants spans numerous countries. Artificial intelligence is poised to consolidate economic and political clout further. The destructive power of the world's largest nations is unmatched in recorded history.
Supported by a compliant faction and a sympathetic supreme court, the presidency has been turned into the most powerful and unaccountable instrument of the state in the modern era.
Consider this confluence and you perceive the danger.
A direct line ties earlier transgressions to ongoing threats. Each were founded upon the overconfidence of invincibility.
One observes much the same in international affairs: in military conflicts, in expansive ambitions, and in the worldwide exploitation by massive conglomerates.
However, unfettered might does not make right. It makes for instability, upheaval, and war.
History shows that frameworks designed to constrain the powerful also shield them. If these guardrails are removed, their insatiable demands for greater influence and riches eventually bring them down – along with their enterprises, countries, or domains. And threaten global conflict.
Such contempt for legal order will cast a long shadow over the nation and the world – and the very idea of civilized conduct – for years to come.
