[The Urban Sombrero]

⬆⬆ Sadly enough, everything that follows your "unfortunately" is impossible to deny. I cannot help but think in the time of Reagan and O'Neil that tort reform (one example) could have been forged. The result would have been imperfect, but improved. In my view, the polarization and demonization on both sides have often let the "perfect" be the enemy of the good, and so we get bitter stagnation instead of improvement by gradation.