If history is indeed a barometer of things to come our Republic too shall fail. IMHO, it has been headed for the ash heap of history and the velocity is increasing exponentially.
You get it. You seem to see what I have seen years ago.
As the decline grows, it grows exponentially, not linear.
I told people back in 2006 that this split is gonna happen in some way and it will be amplified by the internet.
It will happen simply because all empires eventually end, but usually it is a slow process over time and the rot is under the surface.
I often wonder if growing up and living in the SF Bay Area gave me an edge in seeing the insanity before most of the rest of the country, and before I eventually left California.
My family that is still in CA and some in NY state are welcome to join me in the heartland to survive if they want.
The best tip I can think of is to make sure you are part of a survival group/neighborhood/town.
The ones that survive and eventually thrive are the ones belonging to large cohesive tribes who understand leadership and teamwork, etc.
I sure hope we can split peacefully though as I think it could still be done, but it takes leaders at the national level to begin the process. Otherwise, it will be similar to the Spanish Civil War from 1936 where the radical left gave ‘normal’ catholic christians only one choice but to join Franco and others. People forget that the left in Spain at that time passed all kinds of draconian things which is what prompted the war.
Closest historical event I can think of compared to the USA today.