From Tyler Cowen in the FP:
The biggest mistake we could make is to assume that political evolution is over, and that history represents ongoing directional progress toward ever more well-run nation-states. Port-au-Prince still has something to teach us in this regard.
I’ve been thinking about why it would be that the United States wouldn’t inevitably not collapse – mistakenly or intentionally – to some relative degree with the way things are going.
I have no reasonable thought as to why it wouldn’t. Tyler speaks to this well in this post.
The market is, I think, the best signal and right now the market is telling us that we have a high tolerance for letting Mr. Trump play god with our perceived and real grievances.
The response to the protests/riots in Los Angeles this week and the rhetoric out of the White House suggests we’re flirting with strict changes in the social contract (the Constitution, its reinforcing norms, and a fierce desire for Independence over Rule).