American Ragnorak
An ossified bone is dry, inflexible and, although strong, subject to catastrophic failure if enough pressure is applied. I’m afraid this describes our political situation. It seems impossible for popular candidates like Bobby Kennedy or Donald Trump to find a place in the system. Like Bobby Kennedy or not, he is a scion of of a storied family. He is a natural candidate for the highest office and Joe Biden is not only unpopular, but shows no natural inclination to recruit the “people” behind him. He was a dead letter even before he was
“elected.” Trump is enormously popular across America including among independents. But the ossified structure is intent on preventing Americans from voting for him.
Neither Trump nor Kennedy are dangerous; the threat to America is a self-protective political system that is impervious to popular sentiment. Comparisons to Louis XIV — tone deaf, arrogant, all powerful and yet ultimately fragile — are reasonable. …

This is not “riot.”