Justice is not a destination

What is it that causes otherwise kind and gentle people to become villainous beings? What is it drives people to compromise their moral code, to distort their constitution? It’s uncertainty. Fear is the thing that breaks us.

Fear “is a unique political force. Its ebbs and flows through American political history have pulled on elections, reordering and destabilizing the electoral landscape” (Molly Ball). But why is it so effective at doing this? I believe that one of the primary reasons has...