Serious question for serious posters. It seems to me that the type of violence and intimidation we are now seeing bodes ill for our representative democracy. Are these mobs going to be mollified in the future by smoother talking politicians who offer no real solutions to problems, or are they going to become ever more demanding of personal benefits and ever more committed to the destruction of our existing institutions? I would like to think that this is a temporary reaction to the last election, but preexisting actions by such groups as Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives matter suggest otherwise.
Will this become the new norm for political discourse in our country? If so, where will it all lead?
Will this become the new norm for political discourse in our country? If so, where will it all lead?