It’s not just whether there will be violence or another attempted coup over the next nine days. It’s the absolute certainty there’ll be more violence and more intentional undermining of government and shared society if this existential crisis isn’t addressed.

We’re watching a fascistic movement. It’s not just a moment of violence or a brief window. It’s a sustained, coordinated, coalescing movement that’s feeding off weaponized conspiracy theories and societal alienation and anger. It’s not just going away.

We have to be ready for more violence and more coup attempts in the very near future, but if they’re avoided, if they don’t happen, we can’t just believe we’re out of the deep, deep water, because this has been building for years and it’s only getting worse.

We have to learn to look at the longview while being prepared in the now. The next few days are incredibly volatile and fertile for more violence, but so are the next four years. The coup attempt wasn’t an isolated incident and nothing ends with Trump. We’re in this thing.

For years now we’ve watched violence foment around the Far Right. Shootings. Assaults. Harassment. Bombings. Attempted assassinations. Attempted purges of leadership and media. People have neglected to connect the dots because it’s terrifying. Well. We’re here. Connect the dots.