Spreading the Wealth, Soothing the Anger

UNLESS I'M DREAMING, there is an increased level of anger in America, throughout the population. I wonder what the professional have to say about this question. I stay away from social media, fearful of what I might find there, but I somehow sense that there is a rising level of anger amid the avalanche of tweets, posts, and texts shooting all over cyber space. Are strangers a little bit stranger these days? A tad less warm and friendly? Is public discourse at seeming record low levels of civility? Remember that one republican presidential debate, long ago, last summer, back when all of them were still in the race, on which all sixteen of them talked, constantly, and loudly, for thirty minutes without surcease? that was amazing. Those who watched it, tens of millions, could scarcely believe their eyes or ears. A complete, chaotic cacophony of sixteen voice, for a solid half hour, without let up, and nobody who was part of it cared, or tried to stop it, or help the situation in anyway. Now, that is anger. At truly iconic moment in the sordid history of American politics, which have never been civilized, in the least. Thomas Jefferson paid journalist James Callendar fifty dollars to smear John Adams. He got his money's worth, and paid the fifty only when Callender threatened to publicized Jefferson's "indiscretions." And from there, it just gets worse, bringing us up to Trump, the ultimate low. Trump's entire campaign is based on anger, and his entire support base is the angry portion of the American population. The success of is candidacy thus far is a reflection of the extent and severity of the ubiquitous American anger. The declining national economy drives the anger, as more and more of our precious national wealth is drained away on foreign wars of aggression, and most of the remainder is ever more concentrated in the hands of the wealthy elite few, leaving tens of millions of hard working Americans financially stressed, and angry. Any politician who runs for president promising to "bring jobs back to America" is a liar, right? Either that, or delusional. The jobs are gone, and are not coming back. We must create new ones. This is done by increasing demand, which stimulates supply, including the production thereof through employment. We need "demand side trickle up" economics, not "supply side trickle down" economics, like Trump and the conservatives claim. Note: most conservative economic theory is diametrically opposed to truth. Unless the unwashed masses start getting some relief, and reasonable prosperity, there's more anger, and trouble, ahead......THANKS FOR READING!