I agree with what you’re observing, but I’d attach slightly different terms to it: I think what we seeing is the failure of the ‘American dream’ (roughly, equal

I agree with what you’re observing, but I’d attach slightly different terms to it: I think what we seeing is the failure of the ‘American dream’ (roughly, equality of opportunity combined with self-sufficiency) and the failure of American society and the overall system to compensate. Inasmuch as any political system can be seen as an experiment, the American experiment is failing badly - and given the ingrained political culture and expectations of most of America (noting that typical Democrat policy is verging on right-wing when judged by most standards) it’s not clear how they’ll be able to find a solution. The result is rampant and widening inequality, and growing extremism within politics and without. I’m genuinely concerned that the scene is set for a really extreme leader (consider Trump as a modest and thankfully ineffective trial run for what might be) and/or a class war.