America’s political system isn’t going to collapse. It’s going to muddle through.

I think there’s about a 50% change of an autocracy/hybrid regime of some sort and a 50% change of a severely degraded and unstable democracy because there can be no functional government when public servants can expect to be fired every 4 years. The kinds of reforms needed to rebuild stability require constitutional amendments that cannot be passed short of admitting 50+ blue states, which is such a blatant power grab it could trigger a rebellion/secession.

Woke: our government is going to be fine

Broke: our government is being destroyed

Bespoke: our government is so bloated, bureaucratic and overstaffed they don’t even have enough time to touch a fraction of it. Hooray for bureaucracy!