The Supreme Court, urged on by well-funded far-right ideologues like Stephen Miller, is set to curtail important provisions of the Voting Rights Act, opening the door to aggressive, racially based disenfranchisement.

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      Because, like it or not, the US is a major player in almost every sector. Research, media, trade, education, military, economic output, diplomacy, intelligence gathering etc., and a disruption of those sectors will have far reaching negative effects across the globe. There have already been significant negative effects and we’re not even through the first year of this administration. That’s why the world should care.

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      Because we are incredibly violent and have a lot of weapons. The capitalists seem intent on holding onto power for as long as possible even if it means making the world uninhabitable.