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The collapse has been happening for a long time as media fractured. And as Andrew Yang points out, the collapse of the middle class from automation has largely

The collapse has been happening for a long time as media fractured. And as Andrew Yang points out, the collapse of the middle class from automation has largely lead to a mindset of scarcity, of us vs them, that made it easy for political forces to manipulate people into scapegoating each other and hyperbolizing others. No one who is living pay check to pay check wants to think about climate change or doing anything which doesn’t immediately benefit their economic situation in some quick fix way. Our political system lacks any generosity now as well. Losers don’t accept their loss and do their jobs according to procedure. Mitch McConnell for example, or the Oregon example of denying a quorum instead of just voting no. The general strategy of just not allowing government to function if you know you’re going to lose is a bad precedent.

CapricornNoble 7y ago
"The general strategy of just not allowing government to function if you know you’re going to lose is a bad precedent." Agreed. I really think the two-party system will lead to long-term strategic paralysis of the US government. I'd say it's already undermining our ability to implement infrastructure re-capitalization programs or maintain consistent international relations/foreign policy with anyone other than the UK, Japan, Saudi Arabia, and Israel (the last two spend a TON of money bribing our politicians from both parties). If we get into a shooting war with China this century (which I fully expect), only then will we see the folly of these bi-partisan obstructionist tactics.