> A populace not subject to daily economic anxiety is more willing to tolerate less representation in government without there being widespread discontent. No

> A populace not subject to daily economic anxiety is more willing to tolerate less representation in government without there being widespread discontent. No one has figured out the whole "prosperity without scary periods of scarcity" thing yet. > almost always tracing back to economic anxiety, even when masquerading as xenophobia or racism. Xenophobia has a bit of a chicken-and-egg relationship with economic anxiety. Does the xenophobia cause economic anxiety, or does economic anxiety cause xenophobia? I don't think the answer is so straight-forward, especially this time around history's block. It's not like 2016 was the 1930's... even economically depressed parts of the country were doing better than they were for decades. Are people anxious because they're xenophobic and believe that "those people" are out to get them where it hurts (for them, the pocket book)? Or, are they anxious because they're afraid of losing their way of life and the objectively most likely cause of that loss is "those people", thus causing xenophobia?