X @Balaji

Western politics is zero-sum. For every 51% election winner, a 49% loser.However, the intensity of the competition actually turns it negative-sum. Each succeeding 51% election winner weaponizes (and thereby destroys) legacy institutions to fend off the 49% loser, leaving less for both parties after each cycle.The political conflict is so intense because the West is in relative economic decline. Unfortunately, intense conflict further accelerates that decline.roon (@tszzl):one thing that was immediately palp ...