Institutional Legitimacy

We are facing the most severe legitimacy crisis since likely the civil war. This is across the board. We don’t trust the House, the Senate, or the Courts. In short, our collective trust in government is low. Partly this is because they represent the interests of increasingly loud but small, influential political minorities. Not only that. They are in the process of rolling back rights for large swaths of the population.

Who are under attack by these people?

* Women.
* Youth
* Minorities.
* LGBTQ people

why are these groups under attack? They are seen as a problem for people who are used to power and see this slipping through their fingers like the sands of time.

This is about breaking down a caste system where people should know their place. Or rather, the reimposition of this system. There was a time when minorities, primarily black and brown, did not vote. They had that right, but it was taken away at the end of reconstruction. That was the point: To ensure these former slaves did not have a role in the political system.

It is about women. In this view of the world, the only good place for women is at home having children. If they die in pregnancy, even if the death is preventable, it’s God’s will. Women do not belong in…