Liberals fret too much about dictatorship and not enough about chaos
A subtler, almost invisible menace is the corrosion of the rule of law. Were Trump to be convicted of one or more of the criminal charges against him, a large minority of Americans either won’t believe in his guilt, or won’t mind it. Tens of millions of citizens who hold the judicial system cheaper than one man: that is a more present threat to the republic than a coup. Over time, it might tempt the government to not enforce the law, lest it inflame people or martyr the alleged criminal.
San Francisco’s record of tacitly tolerated crime is part of its masterclass in urban misgovernment. When protests against pension reform in France this year took on a violent edge, the tone of some domestic and foreign commentary was that Emmanuel Macron shouldn’t be so provocative. Liberals, no less than nativists, should oppose the irregular arrival of asylum seekers. Their desperation is evident, their vilification foul and their opportunities for legal refuge scarce. Something can be done about at least the last two of these problems. But the popular impression cannot be allowed to set in that criminal laws, let alone ones pertaining to national borders, are so much idle paper.
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