 But it's very clear now that we are nowhere near as far removed from anarchy as we previously thought we were. You know, as 21st century Americans, we tend to feel insulated from the kind of carnage and brutality that has shaped the world. The end of history, it's been called. But history has not ended. It marches on and drags us with it. And our sense of security is draped in the thinnest of veils. It only takes one bullet to pierce through it. Two days ago, that's very nearly what happened.