TIRED of INEQUALITY? Get used to it. Things look like they're only gonna get worse.

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16. Or it could mean that Americans will actually get radicalized

The US has never been fertile territory for genuinely radical movements. (Well, a little bit a century ago, but even that was heavy on recent immigrants.) One reason that's often cited for this is that Americans are unwilling to see themselves as poor -- they all consider themselves as middle class with a good shot at becoming upper middle. If that belief is finally abandoned, what this author sees as people resigning themselves to being permanently poor might turn out very differently.

Another thing keeping down native radicalism has been old-fashioned pie-in-the-sky-when-you-die fundamentalist religion. But somehow I can't see the nouveau poor taking up Bible thumping as a way of compensating for their loss of worldly opportunities.

In fact, if the Millennials are any indication -- more politically radical, less religious, and generally pissed as hell -- we could be in for a very bumpy, but ultimately fruitful, ride.