[ExI] Meta question again

[BillK]

On 25 August 2016 at 16:06, Keith Henson  wrote:
> Regardless of how this election turns out, I think we mostly
> understand the reason for the rise of crazy in politics in the US.
> It's fundamentally rooted in the falling expectations of a large
> fraction of the population.
>
> http://www.vox.com/2016/8/24/12552602/breitbart-trump-explained
>
> Things like this simply would not have happened when the future was
> looking good.
>
> I.e., if we want less crazy in US politics, it take fixing the
> economic outlook for a large segment of the population.
>


Agreed. That is the ideal of government for the people. Not government
for bankers and corporations.
The growing inequality in the US is not going to change direction easily.

BillK