Quote Originally Posted by ApatheticNoMore View Post
Anyway golden eras don't produce Trumps, eras of widespread and broad prosperity don't produce Trumps. But we do of course know the prosperity is NOT widely spread. Sure we have indoor plumbing I guess, and homeless families living under the bridge when we take a drive etc.
America has always had the down trodden and we are remiss in ignoring them regardless of the relative numbers. They were there with Obama and with highly qualified unemployed people going to food banks. But if you consider we are at almost full employment with inflation adjusted rising wages, the rest of us who are not living under bridges are doing quite well on the average. The environment is another issue that I think doesn't have a historical comparison. It's a global problem.