My optimistic take is that Jan 6th is actually the counterbalancing act that will lead to a less violent future. Throughout much of 2020, both the dominant med

My optimistic take is that Jan 6th is actually the counterbalancing act that will lead to a less violent future. Throughout much of 2020, both the dominant media narratives and political leaders of the Democrats were very supportive of violence during the BLM movement. Riots and looting were legitimized as "the voice of the unheard", threats of more violence if key court decisions didn't go the desired way were made by prominent leaders and were tolerated or encouraged by the mainstream media, corporate America essentially "gave in to the terrorists" and did anything necessary to avoid being targeted. And then Jan 6th happened, and all of us on the left suddenly realized that the other side might start using violence to achieve their goals too. It was a scary wake-up call that maybe we should focus on peaceful progress within the existing democratic framework instead of the "boots on the street making demands" approach we had found so successful. Without the encouragement and approval of violent means from senators and CNN anchors for months during the racial justice protests, there's no Jan 6th event. As long as the leaders go to a "no violence" messaging instead of a "violence is necessary and acceptable when these groups do it" I think we'll have a peaceful 2024.