There is no non-tyrannical way to actively govern such a divided country except for some sort of radical federalism, which isn't happening.<p>We will continue flipping back and forth between two warring and, to the opposition, insane governments until the demographic death of the GOP.<p>I'm not optimistic about what happens at that point.
This is one of the Dictator's Handbook's earliest lessons (a book I cannot recommend enough, extremely insightful especially in the context of this election - <a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Dictators-Handbook-Behavior-Almost-Politics/dp/1610391845" rel="nofollow">https://smile.amazon.com/Dictators-Handbook-Behavior-Almost-...</a>): Even though the path to victory in a democracy with a large electorate seems like it's about swaying millions of voters, the numbers are far, far smaller than they look especially in the US system.
Wow that's about as many as signed up for Revolt Against Plutocracy by May.. (a group promoting #BernieOrBust).. Interesting coincidence? -- there've been a number of polls and articles online stating that 40% of Bernie supporters would not vote for her. If he had 10 million voters, that's 4 million people.<p>That's a lot of votes that you're leaving on the table. It really wouldn't have taken Bernie much more votes to win had he been the candidate. All of his supporters, and Jill Stein's would've voted for him, and a large swath of the Independents (which make up 40% of the electorate)..<p>Here's a good article that explains how two ideologies are on the rise (Egalitarianism/Nationalism) and that neoliberalism is on it's way out - which isn't to say corporations aren't going to fight tooth and nail to keep it in place which is exactly what we saw this election.<p><a href="https://benjaminstudebaker.com/2016/02/10/why-bernie-sanders-is-more-electable-than-people-think/" rel="nofollow">https://benjaminstudebaker.com/2016/02/10/why-bernie-sanders...</a>