> no way they can influence the trajectory of their life. This is not > good. That's where desperate, angry people come from.

Indeed. It's also the antithesis of what I understand to be the "American Dream", perhaps synonymous with "freedom" in our time. The kind of thing people will fight wars to hold on to. Really not good. So in my opinion worth courageously fighting for *now" rather than waiting for things to get that bad again.