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As people go round in circles trying to point out who the real hypocrites are, I think it's worth taking a step back and looking at just *how* the US got to where it is. What is it about the US polity that has caused such a rapid breakdown in it's social & political order?
You can argue that this is just some sort of far-right anomaly, but I think that's a weak argument. From what we've just seen, to riots in the summer, the election, the rending of the social fabric- there is undoubtedly a political phenomenon playing itself out here.
It at least *feels* as though it goes beyond arguments about the ignored & unrepresented. Perhaps things are going to wrong, not because the system fails to represent a few people, but because it fails to represent *anyone* adequately.
This goes for either side of the political divide. As much as the elected fails to consider those it left behind in middle America, it has completely failed to address the fomenting anger of those reacting to police violence.
In a 'well-balanced' polity, populist support is diluted and quelled by legislative accommodation- addressing the issue whilst preventing the pressure from increasing. The US system has completely failed to accommodate any of the anger from either the left or right and...
...as a result, what should be a negative feedback loop of populist pressure has become a positive feedback loop which 'explodes' after a significant period of time.
Working out why the US system allowed this to happen is vital.
Working out why the US system allowed this to happen is vital.
