Americans aren't facing a democratic collapse. We're living in its aftermath

Don't necessarily agree with this article but I think the framing is interesting.. Most analysis still treats this as a degradation in progress, something the next election reverses.

Modelled as a transition to oligarchy with democratic aesthetics, the prescriptions flip. You stop trying to fix the process and start building parallel institutions. I would assume that some European allies are reaching the same conclusion right now, just from the outside looking in.