They already are. What do you think this is? They spent decades to enable this, they’ve said so publicly. Mitch McConnell’s book is even called “The Long Game.” They are knowingly, actively subverting democracy for their own ends.
Each party's advocates say "the other side has been playing to win rules and democracy be damned for decades, and if we don't start ignoring the rules and playing dirty, they'll kill us all".
Each side claims to love democracy but to be willing to destroy it only because doing so is necessary to protect them from the Enemy.
I think that maybe most people don't actually care about democracy, they just want to win the war.
I want a habitable planet for my kids. If you don’t believe in climate change, there is simply no value in engaging. The science is proven by scientists who do science things. It’s like someone not believing in gravity. “But I have my own opinion!” They believe their opinions carry the same weight as facts. You’re just lighting precious time and effort on fire needlessly, banging your head against the brick wall expecting the brick wall to critically think with factual information.
