'No Kings': Politics as Bad Group Therapy

After a "No Kings" rally last October, I was walking through the area and paused to read the signs. A woman asked me, "Aren't these great?"
"I don't know," I replied. "I kind of like some of Trump's policies."
"Well, f— you then."
The No Kings rallies are set to return Saturday—the third such round in the past year—built around a slogan that suggests Americans are living under something closer to tyranny than democracy. It's a striking claim for a country that fought a revolution to overthrow a king and hasn't had one since. Still, it's revealing. It reflects a broader shift in how political disagreement is understood—not as a clash of views, but as a struggle between victims and villains.