The US public seems to have the capacity to absorb an incredible amount of misery while just acting up at tame things like elections. There are occasional prote

The US public seems to have the capacity to absorb an incredible amount of misery while just acting up at tame things like elections. There are occasional protests and riots, but really quite few - and they dissipate quickly. Hell, we had 30 years of hollowed-out de-industrialization in the Rust Belt, with hardly a peep on the "revolt" front. There's been slow electoral changes, however.