It does help though. Democrat purity checks and circular play a big role in why we are where we are. This is not going to end until Democrats stop killing their own over petty shit. We are facing an existential crisis as a nation are the Dems are still infighting.

It isn't a purity check. It was a government that was neither fascist or authoritarian and followed the rule of law. The current situation is an uneducated/uninformed electorate.

Because that is what they’ve spent years fomenting (on purpose). An ignorant electorate is a politician’s best friend.

Well yes, but it doesn't change the current mess to know that

You have a point about times being different. I meant the purity checks and circular fire squads are happening now. This started during that era though. Manchin often dug in out of spite because he was ostracized for not being left enough. There were no olive branches. Just FU, get in line.

They have already started eating their own.

Yep. Too busy being petty to notice the are being slowly boiled.