Dr. Jack Goldstone

They screwed things up.

Just let us run things.

And that's what happened.

So that's that.

Now, in terms of facts,

Well, if you're a plutocratic elite and you want to lower your taxes and you want to get rid of regulation, there are inconvenient facts, right?

It's kind of inconvenient and unpleasant for Americans to hear that CEOs already make 500 times what the average worker makes.

It's inconvenient to hear that billionaires pay a lower tax rate than most workers who make $50,000 a year.

Billionaires pay lower taxes than millionaires under Trump, and millionaires pay lower tax rate than average workers because of all kinds of capital gains, benefits, and so on.

So the unfairness is there, but the facts are being clouded by this disinformation sphere that we all struggle with nowadays.

Because the credentialed elites have lost all trust and legitimacy, there's no one to referee what's true, what's not, what's a fact, or what's not.

If you're an expert now, you're distrusted.

If you're a media star, get people riled up and it feels good.

That's truth for me, man.

Sounds good.

I believe it.

So all of that, it makes things difficult.

So things have become, I think, really unfair to the non-college educated, good, hardworking American.

And they're reacting like you or I would for things that are unfair.

So to me, it makes sense what's happening.