[Thommas]

.. the only thing that will get us out of it is a catastrophe of some kind.

I wish that I shared your optimism in such an ingredient to change our national direction, but I don't.

A catastrophe will be laid at the feet of conservative policies and personnel. The Swamp will demand MORE DEI to fix the issue.

[rlmorel]

I admit, I had to read your post more than once to get the gist-I thought “Whaat? A “catastrophe” won’t be enough?”

Then I had to recalibrate, to include the possibility that even a catastrophe might not be enough.