There is only one two word answer on the national scale: income inequality. The dysfunction of current capital accumulation is driving roiling discontent: witn

There is only one two word answer on the national scale: income inequality. The dysfunction of current capital accumulation is driving roiling discontent: witness the 'unlikely' (not) success of Trump and Sanders. Prediction: it's going to get worse before it gets better. The drama IMHO this go around is that last time we had a populist backlash (100 yeas ago), it was not actively monitored and suppressed by a comprehensive suite of behavior analysis and sentiment management professionals. I predict the existence of those things now is going to keep the lid on the pot a lot longer than previously. When it does blow off, it might be a lot more destructive. Where we once had a boiling pot, now we have a pressure cooker. As with other systemic ills (e.g. climate change), the individual players are trapped in the necessity of maximizing for their perceived local best outcome... unable, even when very aware of it, to accept short term or proactive losses in the service of avoiding a catastrophic systemic failure... Interesting times, etc. :(