Frank's Musings

The rioters have been taught that the only things that really matter are what makes the biggest show. The Jan 6 Insurrection was a political tantrum. It was encouraged by a prominent, wealthy and envied spoiled brat.

Donald Trump is angry that the election results denied his resumption of the presidency. His acolytes surreptitiously agreed to humor his childish refusal to accept his destiny by soliciting a riotous and, thankfully, unsuccessful disruption of Congress’s certification of Electoral votes.

That was not as historically significant a thing as a challenge to Democracy. Rather, it was a mistaken case of neglect of the vigilance that is constantly needed in order to preserve any liberal democracy.

Famously, Benjamin Franklyn warned that the republic itself would not last without its citizens’ diligence. American Society cannot afford to allow itself to fall prey to collective solipsism. Fortunately, four years of the Trump Administration was enough to teach America that lesson. Hopefully, the memory of that lesson will last a long time.