Could this pattern be a common element of the human condition? It seems this pattern has run its course over and over throughout history. Who is pushing it along?

Undisciplined

Aye, they are progressive/lefty/collectivist/Marxist/socialist/communist/murderers, what more can you expect from them? Perhaps the breakaway Dems can reestablish another party.

Rothbardian_fanatic

Politics_And_Law

Secession: Why Redrawing US State Borders Makes Politicians So Mad

This is their key problem. It is very cult like. Decent and even questions are not tolerated. Like any fanatical group with purity tests they will just keep cutting people off until its so factionalized they have no power. The old school guys get it. Over the past few years I have heard many democrats speak to this problem. They have been ignored.

You know, they remind me of the religious right from the 90s. Just a different set of beliefs. Same patterns. They do seem more militant though.