Trump threatened it would be “very dangerous” if he were jailed over the new charges he’s likely facing, citing the “passion” of his fan base.
Our very first mistake was not sending Nixon to prison. Set a bad precedent.
Our first mistake was not stomping out the confederacy hard enough.
We are still dealing with the consequences of the failure of reconstruction. (Article is a few years old but still very relevant.) archival link
It won’t even if he does. Trump isn’t the cause, he’s a symptom. The US is probably not going to survive as a unified nation for very long, and honestly, it probably shouldn’t.
Making the United States a union of sovereign territories instead of a country with a powerful federal government sounds like a familiar idea.
Who said anything about that? This country should be split up entirely. It’s already completely unable to function by any reasonable standards, and for decades the harm it’s caused its own people and the world at large has been increasingly outweighing any good it does. Empires are always negative forces and should always be dismantled.
Splitting the US like that would be absolute chaos and probably result in several civil wars. This would also destroy all federal aid programs and I can guarantee no states are going to step on to fill that void. Dividing the country further than it already is will not solve anything.
No one said balkanization was a good thing. Just that it happens, and is currently happening, being driven by multi-billion dollar media corporations trying to inflame a culture war to keep the lower classes occupied. They were too successful, and the wheels are starting to come off.
We might be able to fix it, but the current trajectory is pretty clear.
This country is going to implode one way or another. We can try to have it happen in a kinda sorta controlled way, or we can do your idea of sticking our fingers in our ears and just let the pressure build until it breaks in the most destructive way possible.
It’s going to hurt no matter what. Trying to avoid the pain will only end in worse pain.
He is a cause and a symptom. Trying, convicting, and imprisoning his would go a long way, but would not stop the problem from growing.