Not sure I agree that we "dodged" "a breakdown in U.S. civil society." I mean, sure, I guess we're not yet literally living in the real life equivalents to the Nineteen Eighty-Four or Mad Max universes yet, but... *shrug* ...it's still kind of a shitshow right now, all the same. I'd say that "U.S. civil society" has broken down at least a little bit, thanks to Trump and thanks to the disease infecting this country of which Trump is just the biggest symptom.