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It’s not your imagination — American civil society is in deep trouble. Some days it feels as though it’s falling apart altogether.
To review:
- Right-wing parents are threatening school boards and teachers over honest discussions about racism in American history and COVID mask mandates.
- Domestic right-wing terror plots and incidents are on the rise, eclipsing the threat posed by foreign or Islamist violence.
- Eight in ten Republicans tell pollsters, “The traditional American way of life is disappearing so fast that we may have to use force to save it.”
- According to one recent survey, as many as 21 million Americans believe Donald Trump should be restored to power by force.
- Others openly ask when they “get to use the guns” to kill Democrats and liberals.
This is how a nation dies.
For years, I’ve signed copies of my books with the inscription, “Stay Strong.”
But what does that mean amid deliberate efforts to weaken the foundations of democracy itself?
