re: How close do you feel we are to a full societal collapse as a nation?

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That would be interesting. Do you mean an Independent winning due to a rise of the silent majority in this country that are pretty much middle of the road politically?

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Kind of. I think that both parties are racing towards their extreme poles so quickly that in another decade or so, the majority of Americans won’t “identify” with either major party. I think at that point, we start seeing major pushes for things like ranked choice voting, pulling taxpayer funding for political primaries, etc. Then things start to get interesting.

That’s why both major parties are in the process of vilifying ranked choice voting, or like in Louisiana, jungle primary systems. They know the tide is shifting from the red and blue poles, so they are doing what they can now, structurally, to try to stave off the flood.