Not much more complicated than that. There are, of course, lots of other factors - but in the end this country has probably crossed the tipping point and is now much more like a Western European welfare state. All the things that apply to that will be seen here. We'll likely have chronically high unemployment, slow growth, a complete inability to cut anything, etc.
We may be able to save ourselves, but the Republican party is going to have to a vastly better job of, at minimum, of reaching persuadable voters in the minority community (Hispanic, Asian) and figure out a way to win over the rust belt and perhaps states like Oregon and NH in order to offset our increasing inability to win high minority states like VA and soon NC.
We’ll never win over Hispanics and Asians so long as mass immigration continues. If we cut off mass immigration like we did in the 1920s, then over time they might start going our way in significant numbers, but as long as the gates are open it’s not going to happen. It’ll only get worse.
Unless of course the GOP moves left, and not just on immigration, but on a lot of other things too.
I don’t know how you overcome a 47% and GROWING taker society.
How do you undo decades of “Grand Bargains”, out of control spending
and open borders these DC Hacks on both sides have brought us.