"If I can't dance to it, it's not my revolution," Emma Goldman stated.  At the moment, millions are gyrating across various electoral maps in response to Donald Trump's election win.  In countries around the world, people are seeing something in it that gives their radical tendencies a new rhythm.It is these movements – National Front (France), Independence Party (UK), Party of Freedom (Netherlands), Alternative (Germany), Freedom Party (Austria) – that seek to throw the baby out with the bathwater and return us to earlier times and darker periods of nationalism.  Every one of those parties rejoiced at Trump's victory because of the possibilities it represented for their own prospects.  Those opportunities are many and will confront Europe with wave after wave of democratic challenges.When Marine Le Pen, the leader of France's National Front, heard of Trump's victory, she exulted, "this is a great movement across the world."  This wasn't mere hyperbole, for there's something going on that is global in scope and troubling in implication.  Pen went on to boldly proclaim, "Today the United States, tomorrow France."  It's a statement reminiscent of Leonard Cohen's famous song, "First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin."  With the new president-elect firmly ensconced in Manhattan's Trump Tower, one naturally looks across as Angela Merkel's Germany with a certain sense of foreboding – just as Cohen wished to instill in his lyrics.The German Chancellor has proved to be the enduring bedrock of the European coalition.  Since her election 11 years ago, she has been the glue that kept continental leaders believing they could ride out the global economic and social turbulence sweeping the region.  Then came her open policies towards Syrian refugees that quickly revealed cultural fissures that proved energetic and surprisingly caustic.  With her popularity in decline, a series of terrorist attacks cemented opposition to her policies even further.  In run-up elections, her party has suffered some stinging defeats – a troubling omen for the national election in roughly a year's time.  Should the extreme Right prove triumphant, or garner significant gains, the shock waves could prove as disruptive as Trump's victory.Prior to Trump's surprise election, media attention had been primarily focused on the likes of Russia's Putin, Syria's Assad, and North Korea's Kim Jong-un.  Coverage regarded the violent tendencies in those regions as the real threat to Western designs.  Suddenly in these last few days, we are looking closer to home, where we might worry about the alt-right voices, but where everyone should be concentrating on the disillusionment of the millions of liberal and conservative-minded citizens who are fed up with the political and policy choices offered to them in the last two decades.In Canada, we are increasingly hearing that we might be susceptible to such forces, but, for the moment at least, that is something of a stretch.  As the CBC's Aaron Wherry observed on Twitter: "I'm suspicious of attempts to link Trump/Brexit with conditions in Canada."  That's just the thing about such movements: there is no "one-size-fits-all" formula, and Canadians are somewhat difficult to read at the moment.Yet seasoned observers are confirming that years of revolution are upon us.  The secret is to learn how to manage and lead in troubling times so that all benefit and not just a few.  We frequently forget just how turbulent and unsettling the world was when John Kennedy took the oath of office.  Despite the tendency to overpower others, the young president frequently opted for a more cautious path: "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."The time has come for the more moderate forces in conservative, socialist, and liberal ranks to learn the lessons from the Trump victory and build a more equitable democratic model that can find broad support.  If we fail to learn that lesson, then the latter phrase in Kennedy's observation might soon sweep over what once was a more hopeful world.Glen Pearson was a career professional firefighter and is a former Member of Parliament from southwestern Ontario.  He and his wife adopted three children from South Sudan and reside in London, Ontario.  He has been the co-director of the London Food Bank for 29 years.  He writes regularly for the London Free Press and also shares his views on a blog entitled “The Parallel Parliament“.   Follow him on twitter @GlenPearson.