History has shown us that greater polarization equals either a) greater risk of political gridlock, which reduces the chances of revolutionary changes that rectify the problems or b) some form of civil war/revolution. In Chapter 5, I described the classic markers signaling the probabilities of escalation from Stage 5 to Stage 6. The three most important markers I am watching now are: 1) the rules being disregarded, 2) both sides emotionally attacking each other, and 3) blood being spilled.
