“The people are as madder than hell, and they finally realized they have the power not to take it anymore. We’re seeing it on the far right with Donald Trump and the far left with Sanders, and I believe all across the spectrum.”
That was political columnist Ron Fournier, interviewed on National Public Radio a few days ago. I think he’s correct to say that this year’s bizarre U.S. presidential election is being driven, in large part, by anger at “politics as usual,” and by a desire to burn the whole thing down and start over.