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>Interestingly, the U.S. currently ticks off many of the early stages of a country headed for a bloodbath, according to Stanton. There's polarization, discrimination, dehumanization. But strong legal and government institutions in the U.S. are likely to block such a disaster from happening, he says.

Any 'Murican with a social media account would agree with the first two sentences.

But I'm not sure about the third. It seems our strong institutions are not impartial, and can be bent to serve strictly political purposes.