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The most terrifying aspect of the current reality of the United States is not the assassination of the 31-year-old Trump activist, but how people have responded, writes Stephen Marche, author of ‘The Next Civil War’. As the sense of collective mourning no longer applies, this is a turning point for what comes next

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t the time of writing, the suspect in the shooting of Charlie Kirk is still at large, and his motivations are unknown, but the identity of the killer and their reasons for killing hardly matter. Whoever they are and whatever their intentions, the fallout is utterly predictable: divided America will divide further. Political violence, already surging, will surge further. America will continue further down the road to the perdition of the republic.