Can America Close Pandora’s Box?

No matter who becomes president, the country may be past the point of no return

US President Donald Trump (L) and Democratic Presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden during the final presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 22, 2020. Photos: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI,JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images

The United States is at a precipice. No matter who becomes the next president, the political landscape has shifted so much (in particular, the right-wing capture of the Supreme Court) that the nation’s civic life has been irrevocably altered. Chaos and uncertainty have become…