Why the collapse of the political center is not a crisis, but a necessary correction.

The political center is often eulogized as the home of reason, stability, and compromise. In reality, it is often the home of inertia, cowardice, and the status quo.

When the center collapses, it is terrifying. It means the guardrails are gone. But it also means that the stifling consensus that prevented necessary change has finally broken. We are entering an era of volatility, yes. But volatility is the price of evolution.

The danger is not that we disagree too much, but that we have pretended to agree for too long. The polarization we see today is not a disease; it is a symptom of a body fighting off an infection. The infection of false consensus.

We must stop mourning the death of the center and start building something new on the edges. That is where the energy is. That is where the future is being written.