On violence – The Economist:

‘The president shows no signs of trying to lower the temperature in Los Angeles. On June 9th the Pentagon announced the deployment of hundreds of Marines to the city to backstop the National Guard. That is unwise. Marines are not experienced in law enforcement. As the defence secretary likes to point out, soldiers are trained to kill. Of all the fights Mr Trump has picked—with courts, universities and law firms—a war with American cities, their voters and mayors has the greatest potential for violence.’

Read the article here.

The greatest potential for civil war?

The state exists first and foremost to prevent civil war, but sometimes autocrats or illiberal leaders will conclude that they need the unrest in order to expand their power, or maybe just to stay in power.