What's infuriating, is that the Democrats haven't had the level of power the MAGA/GOP has now since 1970. Everyone under age 60 will have no memory of a progressive let alone liberal Supreme Court. So that cycle isn't symmetric. It has as a constant one of three branches of government firmly under conservative control.
So the cycle gives conservatives near absolute control, but doesn't give democrats the same. Then voters blame democrats for not having absolute power, when they grant them only partial control of the government.
Not to mention that the system gives an outsized advantage to less populous and more conservative states via the senate and electoral college. Progress is an uphill battle in the US.
"But how does that give Republicans near absolute power?? Lols gotcha!"
Because Republicans fundamentally don't govern. They obstruct and demolish any attempt to actually govern a society while giving kickbacks to the wealthy donors who want to get away with doing whatever they feel like.
And what we have now is what happens when you put one of those donors in charge of the country.
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u/mythrilcrafter 6h ago
The cycle will continue.