Audio: The Keystone Collapse: Why America’s Political Dysfunction Is a Feature, Not a Bug

“The Keystone Collapse” argues that America’s dysfunction is not a failure of leadership or ideology—it’s the predictable outcome of losing subsidiarity, the civic keystone species that once anchored local self-governance. Drawing on the ecological metaphor of Yellowstone’s wolves, the essay calls for a rewilding of American civic life by restoring power to families, communities, and local institutions.