The Former President's Approach Present a Threat to Civilization.

His internal and external strategies – ranging from the effort to overturn the election in the past to recent incursions and statements – undermine not only domestic and international jurisprudence. However, the issue goes deeper.

These actions endanger the very concept of a civilized world.

A guiding principle of a functioning society is to prevent the stronger from attacking and exploiting the weaker. Otherwise, we could find ourselves trapped in a brutish war where might makes right could survive.

This principle is central of the nation's founding texts. This is also the heart of the postwar international order supported by the US, emphasizing international cooperation, democratic governance, human rights, and the supremacy of law.

However, it is a fragile ideal, frequently ignored by those who choose to misuse their authority. Upholding it necessitates that the those in charge have enough integrity to refrain from seeking immediate gains, and that the public ensure they answer for their actions if they don't.

Unfettered might does not equal right. It results in instability, disruption, and hostilities.

Each instance individuals, companies, or nations that are wealthier and stronger prey upon those that are not, the framework of society weakens. If such aggression are allowed to continue, the structure collapses. Without intervention, the world can descend into chaos and war. It has happened before.

Our current reality is a international landscape with deepening divides. Authority and resources are more concentrated than in recent memory. This encourages the privileged to take advantage of the disadvantaged because they perceive themselves as untouchable.

The wealth of a handful of billionaires is almost beyond comprehension. The reach of big tech, big oil, and large defense contractors spans much of the globe. Artificial intelligence is poised to further concentrate wealth and power further. The destructive power of the leading countries is unmatched in recorded history.

Supported by a compliant faction and an accommodating judicial body, the presidency has been transformed into the most dominant and unchecked entity of the state in recent memory.

Put it all together and you see the threat.

A direct line links previous breaches of norms to current menaces. Both were based on the overconfidence of invincibility.

You see parallel dynamics in the actions of other powers: in military conflicts, in strategic threats, and in the rampant monopolization by massive conglomerates.

But, unfettered might does not create right. It fosters fragility, upended order, and armed conflict.

History shows that laws and norms to check the influential also protect them. If these guardrails are removed, their relentless pursuit for more power and wealth eventually bring them down – and with them their corporations, nations, or empires. And risk world war.

Such contempt for legal order will haunt America and the global community – and indeed a rules-based order – for a long time.