Donald Trump's Policies Pose a Risk to Civilized Society.

The national and international policies – including the effort to overturn the election previously to latest actions and threats – undermine not only domestic and international law. But that’s not all.

These actions endanger the fundamental meaning of what we mean by.

A ethical foundation of a functioning society is to stop the stronger from harming and taking advantage of the vulnerable. Failing that, we would be locked in a brutish war where survival of the strongest prevails.

This ideal lies at the center of America’s founding documents. It’s also the heart of the global system established after WWII championed by the US, which stresses international cooperation, democracy, human rights, and the legal authority.

Yet, it is a fragile principle, easily violated by those who would exploit their authority. Preserving it requires that the influential have a sense of duty to avoid seeking temporary advantages, and that society ensure they answer for their actions should they falter.

Unchecked strength does not make right. It leads to uncertainty, chaos, and hostilities.

Whenever individuals, companies, or nations that are wealthier and stronger target and use those that are not, the fabric of society unravels. If such aggression are allowed to continue, the system fails. Allowing it to persist, the world can fall into disorder and conflict. History provides ample precedent.

We now inhabit a international landscape with deepening divides. Authority and resources are increasingly centralized than ever before. This encourages the elite to take advantage of the less fortunate because they act with a sense of omnipotent.

The wealth of a small group of ultra-wealthy individuals is difficult to fathom. The power of big tech, big oil, and large defense contractors spans much of the globe. Artificial intelligence is poised to centralize resources and influence even more. The destructive power of the major powers is unmatched in human history.

Supported by political allies and a sympathetic judicial body, the presidency has been transformed into the supreme and answerable-to-none entity of the state in the modern era.

Combine these factors and you see the looming crisis.

A direct line connects earlier lawless actions to ongoing menaces. Each were based on the overconfidence of invincibility.

One observes much the same in the actions of other powers: in wars of aggression, in strategic threats, and in the global depredation by powerful corporate entities.

But, unfettered might does not establish right. It makes for uncertainty, revolution, and war.

Historical evidence demonstrates that frameworks designed to limit the influential also safeguard them. If these guardrails are removed, their relentless pursuit for more power and wealth eventually lead to their downfall – along with their enterprises, countries, or domains. And pave the way for global conflict.

Such contempt for legal order will plague international stability – and the very idea of civilization – for a long time.