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The internal and external initiatives – including the effort to overturn the election in the past to latest actions and statements – undermine both national and global jurisprudence. But that’s not all.

These actions jeopardize the fundamental meaning of civilization itself.

The moral purpose of a functioning society is to prevent the dominant from preying upon and using the less powerful. Without this, we risk being permanently immersed in a conflict of all against all where only the fittest could survive.

This principle is embedded of the nation's founding texts. This is also the core of the global system established after WWII advocated by the America, emphasizing international cooperation, democracy, human rights, and the legal authority.

But, it is a vulnerable construct, easily violated by those who choose to misuse their influence. Preserving it necessitates that the those in charge have the moral fortitude to abstain from seeking immediate gains, and that the rest of us ensure they answer for their actions if they don't.

Absolute power does not equal right. It makes for uncertainty, disruption, and war.

Whenever entities that are advantaged target and use those that are not, the fabric of civilization frays. Should such behavior are left unchecked, the system fails. Without intervention, the world can plunge into instability and violence. We have seen this pattern previously.

Our current reality is a global community with deepening divides. Political and economic power are held by fewer hands than in recent memory. This creates conditions for the elite to take advantage of the weaker because they perceive themselves as above the law.

The resources of a handful of ultra-wealthy individuals is difficult to fathom. The power of global industrial giants covers numerous countries. Advanced technology is likely to consolidate wealth and power further. The offensive capability of the major powers is without parallel in recorded history.

Empowered by political allies and an accommodating high court, the executive office has been made into the most dominant and unchecked entity of the state in history.

Consider this confluence and you see the looming crisis.

A direct line connects past lawless actions to current menaces. Each were premised on the overconfidence of invincibility.

One observes a similar pattern in international affairs: in territorial invasions, in expansive ambitions, and in the rampant monopolization by massive conglomerates.

Yet, raw power does not make right. It makes for fragility, upheaval, and armed conflict.

Historical evidence demonstrates that frameworks designed to limit the influential also shield them. Absent these limits, their insatiable demands for more power and wealth eventually cause their collapse – taking down their enterprises, countries, or domains. And pave the way for international catastrophe.

This kind of disregard for rules will cast a long shadow over international stability – and the very idea of civilization – for years to come.