We must fight powerful bullies, whether they are Putin, Trump, or tech billionaires | Robert Reich

Throughout history, the central struggle of civilization has been against brutality by the powerful. Civil society doesn't let might make right

I keep running into people who feel overwhelmed by so many seemingly unrelated but terrifying things occurring all at once. How can all this be happening?" they ask.

But these things are connected. They are reinforcing each other. As such, they pose a clear challenge to a decent society.

Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley and the author of Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few and The Common Good. His new book, The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It, is out now. He is a Guardian US columnist. His newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com