Now that the Democrats are strong, they are acting like rightists. And now that the Republicans are weak, you see them acting like leftists: criticizing America’s imperial influence in the world opposing war and military aid not trusting the FBI or the police expressing qualified sympathy for America’s current rivals talking positively about unions

The technocrats are obsessed with returning the system to the norm that they are used to and think of as the natural condition. The 2020 election, if it follows patterns, ought to be won by the technocracy, which means the Democrats, although in fact it is an election that can go either way and not significantly affect the process.