This is a good summary of how far gone the US is already. This country is radically different than it was 6 months ago, and it hasn't registered with the majority of the population yet.
Ship of Theseus, etc.
Or in this case, a memetic infection on top of sliding value changes (polarity, illiberalism, aggressive patriotism) changing the underlying values causing various symptoms. A country is a collection of people who share some iota of proximity, values, and/or views, although "Network Staters" and "Free Staters" would have you believe differently.