June 1, 2020
It’s an insurrection, no longer just protests
By Thomas Lifson
See also: It's time for Trump to come out and take command
The Republic is in the greatest peril since the Civil War. A grand coalition of its enemies is taking advantage of the weakness and frustration created by the lockdown of the economy and ordinary life, the protests triggered by video of lethal barbaric cruelty of a then-police officer, and the economic desperation and frustration that has multiplied over a quarter century of de-industrialization and widening class divisions as globalization has transformed our economy.
Heather Mac Donald, one of the wisest and best-informed commentators on our law and justice systems sees the breakdown in the rule of law that threatens us with anarchy:
Savagery is spreading with lightning speed across the United States, with murderous assaults on police officers and civilians and the ecstatic annihilation of businesses and symbols of the state. Welcome to a real civilization-destroying pandemic, one that makes the recent saccharine exhortations to “stay safe†and the deployment of police officers to enforce outdoor mask-wearing seem like decadent bagatelles.
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