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David Brooks suggests people’s inner resentment has generated the outward hostility that we’re now experiencing, and that repair will follow the social rupture.

I doubt Brooks sees that he’s describing our descent into economic depression but agree that the outcome will be to our advantage; eventually.

Let’s trust that it will be akin to the 1898 to 1920 period, a new Progressive Era, where we come to see the need to capture rents instead of taxing our incomes and purchases, where we’ve taxed ourselves into impossible levels of private debt.

As we failed to see this at the 1930s depression, it may be that the wheel has turned in our favour and the times are once more with us.

Meanwhile, if inner resentment means outward hostility, things certainly aren’t looking good for incumbent governments.