Torre A. DeVito

In the United States, the rules of the political game are engines of inevitability. Duverger's Law predicted that winner-take-all, single-member districts would produce only two dominant parties. By 1967, it became a reality with the Uniform Congressional District Act. Primaries reward zealots, general elections reward centrists, and a feedback loop of extremes ensures polarization. Redistricting and court rulings eliminated third-party strongholds, fortifying the two-party duopoly.
The Scareadigm is a monumental struggle between good and evil. It doesn't matter which side of the aisle we're on. Evil is always "them, " and good is always "us." For us, the ends justify the means. For them, perceived evil intentions obscure any possible benefit of their actions. Fear becomes a tool, compromise collapses, and the machinery of polarization spins at full speed. Welcome to the Scareadigm.