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Yesterday, I published The Geometry of Blindsides, my small-picture take on the death of Charlie Kirk. Today, I want to do what I didn’t do then. This is my big-picture take on Charlie Kirk’s death. I have two points to make. The first point is for those on the right declaring, in their grief, that this means war. Whether or not war is the correct answer to “What is the current state of things?” is above my pay grade. But I do need to point out something almost nobody is taking seriously enough.

Protesters are digging in as Ottawa police begin to roll out a plan to end the trucker protest occupation that has clogged the centre of the Canadian capital for almost three weeks. Interim police chief Steve Bell says if they want to leave peacefully, now is the time and they will be given a secure route out of the city. “If they do not peacefully leave, we have plans, strategies and tactics to get them to leave,” he told reporters, saying that action is “imminent”. Protest organiser Chris Barber was spotted being taken into police custody. A secure zone with...