US politicians have been pretty clear with their actions that they are all in on Capitalism’s downfall by its overgrowth from autocanniballizing the country’s democracy, so long as they get rich on it. It’s the Red Tide model of ecosystem collapse. I am resigned to the idea that our response will be to grab the snow shovels and close our noses to the stink of rotting fish in the hot sun to clear our boat ramps (launch pads) instead of preventing the fish (us) from dying in the first place.