The Former President's Approach Present a Risk to Our Social Fabric.
The national and international strategies – ranging from the effort to overturn the election in the past to current moves and warnings – weaken not only domestic and international legal frameworks. But that’s not all.
These actions endanger the very concept of what we mean by.
The moral purpose of civilized society is to prevent the stronger from attacking and exploiting the less powerful. Without this, we risk being trapped in a state of nature where survival of the strongest could survive.
This ideal is embedded of the nation's founding texts. It is equally the foundation of the global system established after WWII advocated by the America, built on international cooperation, democratic governance, individual liberties, and the legal authority.
Yet, it is a vulnerable ideal, frequently ignored by those who would exploit their authority. Maintaining it demands that the those in charge have enough integrity to avoid seeking immediate gains, and that the public hold them accountable if they don't.
Unfettered might is not right. It leads to instability, chaos, and hostilities.
Each instance people or corporations or countries that are advantaged attack and exploit those that are not, the fabric of society frays. If these actions are not contained, the structure collapses. If not stopped, the world can plunge into disorder and conflict. We have seen this pattern previously.
Today, we live in a global community marked by extreme inequality. Authority and resources are held by fewer hands than ever before. This encourages the powerful to exploit the less fortunate because they act with a sense of untouchable.
The wealth of a handful of tycoons is almost beyond comprehension. The influence of major corporations in technology, energy, and aerospace extends over a vast portion of the world. AI is could consolidate resources and influence even more. The destructive power of the leading countries is unprecedented in human history.
Enabled by a compliant faction and an accommodating high court, the executive office has been made into the supreme and answerable-to-none entity of government in history.
Combine these factors and you see the looming crisis.
A clear connection ties past transgressions to present-day threats. Both were based on the hubris of absolute power.
One observes parallel dynamics in other global contexts: in military conflicts, in expansive ambitions, and in the global depredation by industrial titans.
But, unfettered might does not make right. It produces instability, upheaval, and war.
Historical evidence demonstrates that laws and norms to check the powerful also safeguard them. Absent these limits, their endless appetite for more power and wealth ultimately bring them down – taking down their enterprises, countries, or domains. And pave the way for global conflict.
This blatant contempt for legal order will cast a long shadow over international stability – and indeed a rules-based order – for a long time.
