[WeylandYutani]

Why do Americans want to break things anyway? The economy was doing fine, unemployment was low. What is the trigger that made half Americans go nuts? There does not seem to be a rational cause unlike 1860.

[AnimalMuppet]

The economy was doing fine... as an economy. But for a whole lot of people, the economy was not doing fine for them. Those people want a change.

[JohnFen]

I don't think Americans, broadly, do. I think the Trump crowd and his oligarchs do, as part of their bid to cement their wealth and power.