Last week, the anniversary of the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, was a profound reminder, for journalists like myself who were there, that history happens slowly and then all at once. I’ve spent years reporting on the rise of the far right, and even longer studying the intersecting conservative moments that gave birth to Donald Trump, and the events of that day represented my absolute worst-case scenario. But one conversation I had that morning confirmed my long-gestating fears: “That building belongs to us,” one protester told me, hours before the riot began, pointing to labor activists’ decade-ago occupation of the Wisconsin State Capitol as inspiration. “They don’t have enough security to stop us.”