[ohwello]

I'm not satisfied being in the top decile of historical human well-being, let's shake things up and take a shot at some reversion to the mean.

[tomp]

But the problem is, they remember that they used to live better just a few years ago, while simultaneously seeing others (political and financial elites) getting richer and richer. That gives even myself a fundamental feeling of unfairness, even though as a programmer I'm far from Trump's target demographic (although still working class).

[ohwello]

Real wages had been rising, we'll see what happens next.

[up_so_floating]

It makes much more sense when you consider that the average frame of reference is on the order of tens of years, not tens of thousands.

[andars]

If that is your basis for voting, flip a coin. No single candidate is going to change that, and its not clear if it is even possible to revert so dramatically.