Did you read about the group of staid U.S. historians who just met privately with President Biden to warn him that U.S. democracy is teetering?
They told him we’re closer to civil war and authoritarian rule than at any point in history since the 1860s. Guess who knew that already?
Queer people. Black people. Immigrants. Women. Politicians on the right are using us as punching bags, and violence is breaking out everywhere.
It’s not in our imaginations, and I’ll show you the data in just a minute to back that up. Then I’ll explain what that has to do with the breakdown of democracy.