Governor Newsome proposed gerrymandering all of California to make it so that every single district has a democratic majority. That means that after the 2026 mid-terms, the Democrats would take the House of Representatives back from the Republicans. This comes as a response to Texas doing a similar gerrymandering.

Who knows what the Republicans would do in response? Maybe every red-state does racist gerrymandering to counter California's blue wave. I don't think the Republicans have any intention of allowing themselves to lose power ever again, and they would definitely prefer rigging future elections, declaring martial law, or just arresting Democratic politicians to losing control of any branch of government.

Newsome and Trump both have egos so enormous that they might actually move towards Balkanization not on any ideological ground but because they hate each other so much and desire to be the most beloved and powerful people in America (which is to say, in the world). If we really are backsliding from capitalism into neo-feudalism or techno-feudalism, then this might be a Warring States Period for the USA...