I’m not in the US, but it seems to me that the Republicans keep breaking norms and procedures, including politicising impeachment and ignoring illegal, immoral and plain bad conduct.

They also seem to be fine with not applying the same standard across the isle.

On the other hand, either Democrats follow new precedent, with even more devolving, or they keep the old decorum and get their asses kicked by Republican foul play.

What ways out of this spiral are there?

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    5 days ago

    Yes, actually two folks figured it out over 100 years ago and wrote several books on exactly how to exit the spiral, including predicting exactly this spiral you describe to the letter.

    Then y’all called us tankies and told us to fuck off, so nah. You deserve Trump and the collapse of America.

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      5 days ago

      It was more than just two folks, but the point stands…

      Except the tankie part. Nobody’s ever called me that. Probably because I’m not a psycho