We’re probably settling into what they call a “hybrid regime”. We’ll likely wobble between periods of relative stability, with about the amount of liberty and

We’re probably settling into what they call a “hybrid regime”. We’ll likely wobble between periods of relative stability, with about the amount of liberty and corruption we’re used to at the federal level, and more-authoritarian high-corruption periods like this one. Breaking out of the cycle, I rate less likely than a full collapse into authoritarianism. I just don’t see a viable path to the kinds of reforms we’d need. And it’ll get harder the longer this goes on, as the rot of corruption affects state capacity, industrial capacity, and drives even more entrenched local corruption than we already deal with. Plus we’ve got multiple debt and cost crises about to slam into us full-force, over the next 1-3 decades. But for now: hybrid regime. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_regime https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_regime