You have to ignore a lot of U.S. history to believe that if we somehow banish Trump to the sidelines, the violence spawned by the far right will go with him, writes Jared Yates Sexton.
Semi-automatic rounds ripping through officials’ homes. Public servants fearing for their lives. Children waking to the sound of gunfire.Allegations thathired men to fire on several homes of Democratic politicians made for sizzling headlines, but for anyone paying attention it was hardly a surprise.
But it is a convenient fiction that this environment was solely the work of Trump. Political violence is older than this country, and its origins and inspirations are traceable. Whether it is the colonization of the continent, the enslavement of millions, or even the Civil War itself, oppression and violence have been hallmarks of this culture. Even election-denying is part of our history.
Democracy itself, and the pursuit of better and fairer representative government, is inextricably linked with attacks on democracy because to carry out the will of the majority is to put the interests of the minority at risk. This is complicated, and much of political theory wrestles with the problem. It is the focus, after all, of much of The Federalist Papers.
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