In this episode, we explore from the great recession to january sixth. So in early 2009, the United States government passed like more sweeping legislation in just a matter of months than it had in decades. Right. Just massive restructuring of huge sectors of the economy. Exactly. But then just four years later, you have a U .S. senator literally standing on the floor of Congress spending hours reading green eggs and ham to an empty room. A completely paralyzed room. Yeah. Right. So how do the gears of the most powerful country on earth just seize up that quickly? Well, it's honestly one of the most drastic institutional whiplashes in modern history. I mean, we usually view history as this slow, gradual evolution. Sure. But when you look closely at this specific 10 -year window, you realize the pressure was building up incredibly fast. right beneath ...