I think it is a measure of civilisation that the US has not lost control to barbarism and kakistocracy.
But it should not have come so close... The Trump rioters have been cultivated and groomed for destruction by a genuinely sick political party with funds from wealthy donors.
> I am no longer convinced that this would really make the world a better place
What definitely would make the world a better place is for people to understand, through education, that intelligent debate must exist and compromise is often necessary for civilisation and culture.
Any person who espouses murder by threat or deed has simply become a tribal animal.
"There is freedom of speech, but I cannot guarantee freedom after speech." -- a dictator
But it should not have come so close... The Trump rioters have been cultivated and groomed for destruction by a genuinely sick political party with funds from wealthy donors.
> I am no longer convinced that this would really make the world a better place
What definitely would make the world a better place is for people to understand, through education, that intelligent debate must exist and compromise is often necessary for civilisation and culture.
Any person who espouses murder by threat or deed has simply become a tribal animal.
"There is freedom of speech, but I cannot guarantee freedom after speech." -- a dictator