This election year marks a crucial moment in world history. America’s attempt to create a nation based on our original motto – e pluribus unum – is under siege. While it’s easy to understand nationwide dissatisfaction with both political parties, we shouldn’t ignore that one of those parties has endorsed totalitarianism and is engaged in a slow motion coup that could upend our long effort toward equal opportunity and justice for all. Anyone who doubts our slow but sustained drift toward a repressive government need only consider the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to severely limit women’s rights.