I think we're going to see a lot more Trump and Bernie-style candidates taking on more aggressive positions as time goes on, unless something changes. The powe

I think we're going to see a lot more Trump and Bernie-style candidates taking on more aggressive positions as time goes on, unless something changes. The powers-that-be have done a pretty amazing job of defusing "Occupy Wall Street" and similar movements, but they'll keep springing up. People aren't taking kindly to the status quo. Maybe not, though, I don't have a lot of hard data.. MOST of my extended network of friends and family have honestly been able to get by well enough with our current system. A few people ended up completely screwed over through no fault of their own, unable to get a decent career going or get an opportunity to save any money. A lot of people made a few bad choices that snowballed and left them destitute. Pretty much all of them would have been fine in the 50s-70s when you could just roll up your sleeves and work hard to make a decent living. Modern society feels like a huge scam to me. If you do what conventional wisdom says (go to college, get a job, buy a car, buy a house, buy a big wedding, buy vacations, etc) you're probably going to end up with crushing lifelong debt, spending 2+ hours a day angrily driving your car to and from work