As someone who taught Political Science at a Research 1 University for 35+ years, I think it's fair to say that our political system is unraveling. Had the current state of affairs been described to me a few decades ago, I could not have imagined the reality of the situation. Deep ideological divisions, a population that is largely ignorant of the underlying Constitutional principles, the predominance of false "facts" and narratives, a plethora of insane conspiracy theories, a willingness on the part of many citizens to demonize anyone who disagrees with them, and (finally) the realization that our system of checks and balances is not sufficient to quell the darker tendencies that are emerging. The causes are many, but amelioration will depend on reforms that are very unlikely in the current environment, such as elimination of the Electoral College, campaign finance reform, strengthening restraints on the Executive Branch, term limits for Congress, and reform of the Supreme Court. I won't live to see any of these, and fear for my children and grandchildren.
The future of the system
Re: The future of the system
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That's not even mentioning the severe economic looting that is going on by the upper class, wealth is transferring at an unprecedented rate as every penny possible is sucked out of the people, that's not something that fixes itself quickly even if we were to get a competent administration with the next election, which we have very little hope of at this point. And all of this is speeding up, with the government basically being open corporate puppets at this point they just keep adapting the system to let them pull as much money out as possible. By all accounts things will get much worse before they get better.
