trying to wrap my head around why everything in the US is turned into a political battle--from the most trivial culture war stuff to major national crises such as the response to COVID-19. Is it a Gramscian thing where a ruling class in crisis is unable to maintain ideological hegemony?
totalitarianism? (which somehow doesn't apply to the capitalist mode of production because although it touches all aspects of your life you can choose between 37 brands of rice)