THE PARTISAN DEATH SPIRAL

The concept of democratic norms is dead. It died when people decided that winning mattered more than the rules. We are watching a slow motion collapse. The guardrails are being removed by both sides.

People cheer for the destruction of the system as long as their team is the one holding the hammer. This is the fundamental flaw in the modern political landscape. There is no shared baseline for what is acceptable. There is only the pursuit of power at any cost.

The vulnerabilities are manifest.

• The death of political accountability.
• The celebration of lawbreaking by preferred candidates.
• The erosion of public trust in every institution.
• The acceptance of any tactic to defeat the enemy.

The damage is done. We are simply waiting for the final collapse.