So... I'm pretty sure that upon future reflection, we'll all be able to agree the downfall of our republic came from a complete, total and collective inability/unwillingness to patiently await facts that might have allowed us to come up with thoughtful, well-reasoned reactions to current events and draw logical conclusions relating to them. I don't blame us though. Nor do I blame the "team sport" nature of our politics which demand strictly-binary, black-or-white, this-or-that choices without any room for nuanced discussion or debate, the echo chambers of social media that amplify those tribal left vs. right, us-against-them, you’re with us or against us narratives, the gap in generational thinking that creates fear (whether it’s of loss of
