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Say what you will about Donald Trump’s effect on American civic life as a whole, but he’s done wonders for public participation. Voter turnout in the past few elections has reached record highs, for example. And after Saturday’s “No Kings” marches, three of the largest one-day demonstrations in American history have taken place during Trump’s two presidencies—not to mention the enormous, extended Black Lives Matter protests of 2020.

Protests like these won’t immediately change much of anything in the country, but they matter nonetheless. Trump’s authoritarian takeover is unpopular—his approval

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