This thing we commonly refer to as "The American Experiment"--has it, at last, failed?
More than 150 years ago, it appeared to have failed, when the country tore itself apart during the Civil War.
Yet it eventually recovered (albeit with a delayed healing, due to the punitive Reconstruction Era).
At present, by contrast, we do not have a shooting civil war--not yet, anyway (unless one believes that the shooting of Rep. Steve Scalise--in June of 2017--represents the beginning of such a war).
But it seems increasingly likely that this could yet occur.
The left in this country--especially the hard left--no longer believes in due process and the rule of law. In fact, it does not even pretend to.
It appears to believe, instead, in the rule of the mob.
In other words: anarchy.
No, not all liberals--especially not thoughtful ones--fall neatly into this category. Alan Dershowitz, for example--and Jonathan Turley (both top legal minds)--do not fit this mold at all.
Increasingly, however, the American left--and especially young, passionate people--seem to believe that if they cannot get their preferred way, well, then they ought to turn to mob rule.
The Bolsheviks of about 100 years ago would have been of them.
At any rate, it all leads we to wonder: If so many people no longer have faith in our fundamental institutions, are we really far from societal collapse--or else genuine civil war?