The Stakes

America is divided as almost never before, with contesting political factions regarding themselves not as rivals but as enemies. The Democratic Party has become the party of "identity politics" and they look forward to imposing nationally what they have achieved in California: one-party rule in a lockdown nation, where the ruling class makes every decision and doles out benefits to favored groups. The Republican Party is all that stand between the United States as we have traditionally understood it and a revolution. Anton explains in depth why the stakes have risen even higher. -- adapted from jacket