The GOP Is A Failed State

 Josh Marshall has famously said that "the GOP is a failed state and Donald Trump is it's warlord."

However, it extends beyond a pithy punchline about the modern GOP. America has some aspects of state failure. The most obvious is the inability of the state to keep people from being killed. Mass shootings dominate the headlines for obvious reasons, but Americans simply die at higher rates than they should and many of the reasons - especially the lack of access to healthcare - are a direct result of GOP policies.

What is terrifying is that - in the ungodly event of a GOP takeover of the Executive Branch in 2025 - they are prepared to launch America further into state failure. The overwhelming hostility of the current "conservative" movement in America to the basic functions of government is more important that Donald Trump's uniquely odious and criminal person. A Republican victory - ANY Republican victory would create a void in the heart of civil government that could engender the separation of the country into different parts. There is simply no future for parts of the country that value basic governance with the death cult that constitutes the GOP.