How You Know Your Government Has Lost Legitimacy
In the U.S., we’re not there just yet, but we might want to prepare for it all the same.
Donald Trump was just indicted.
Depending on what side of the political spectrum you find yourself on, this was either an illegitimate political move or a long-overdue rebuke for illegitimate political moves.
With flagrant disregard for his own campaign promises, Joe Biden opened up a new section of the Gulf for oil drilling. Depending on your side of the aisle, he either just obliterated the last of his legitimacy as a leader or never had legitimacy to begin with.
The most popular news channel in the country is being sued for libel. The head of a California police union was just charged with opioid importing. The judiciary branch of our government has become so politicized that the basic tenets of the separation of powers are now bunk. Housing, a basic necessity, has become a parlor game for the rich. Homelessness rates are skyrocketing without any meaningful action from the government to curb them. Peaceful protesters are being charged with domestic terrorism in Atlanta. For the first time in American history, an environmental protester has been killed by the police.
