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While the GOP has applied itself well to subverting the system, it hasn't effectively applied itself to running the country or controlling the populace. They've done very well ensuring they're the ones who are at the top. But that's all they've done.

The country is falling apart. Chaos is escalating. Sophistication is declining. My understanding of the Standard Model tells me this is not sustainable. The only outcomes are collapse or reform. Whatever the GOP have gotten hold of, they're not going to be able to keep it.

Unless the US is effectively growing more sophisticated and/or the chaos is overstated?

There might be a case for a protracted collapse, or piecemeal reform. Maybe, if it weren't for climate change.