> Increased polarization has caused the legislative Branch at all levels to grind to a halt. As a result the majority party, in many cases Republicans, have use

> Increased polarization has caused the legislative Branch at all levels to grind to a halt. As a result the majority party, in many cases Republicans, have used illiberal means to consolidate power. I think calling it "polarization" and using similar concepts that don't assign blame is the modern political correctness. If we don't identify the cause of the disease, we can't even begin the cure it; it's a self-inflected wound. If there's a problem with the switches in your datacenter, it would be shooting yourself in the foot to say 'the whole infrastructure is freezing up'. No, it's the switches. I'm not partisan in that I don't care for one party or another, but I believe the disease in the U.S. is the Republican Party. They are the ones implementing all these things, disregarding all limits, moral, democratic and otherwise, to the pursuit of power. They elected this president, embraced torture, deny climate change, embrace naked partisanship in the federal judiciary (and in states), etc. etc etc. We can say bipartisan things, but until Americans recognize the disease and act, they will get sicker, and the condition of democracy is becoming grave now.