If you are pessimistic about the future consider our discourse has degenerated to the point where there isn't even a consensus over data, whether it was 9k or 200k dead from Covid, let alone the analysis. Our nation's growing ideological self-segregation is proceeding nicely.
Separation is the only sane answer to this unions problems. It won’t happen, but it’s the only option with the slightest chance for a positive outcome.