Communism and fascism make much more sense to me now. (Not that they are viable, but that people "believe" in them.)
If you ask me, people believe in them because:
A. They want someone to take care of them so they can remain children.
B. They think hard working, rich people will gladly support their lazy asses.
C. They are imitating stellar intellectuals like Colin Kaepernick /end sarcasm
The scary part is when the rich people leave the country and take their business with them and they'll do this to save money. They end up setting up shop in poorer countries ( like India, Ireland, Mexico ) who value their business and are willing to give them lower corporate tax rates so that their citizens can get good jobs or just so they can get some of that nice tax money to pay for roads and schools. Liberal presidents like Obama will tell you that we are doing a good thing. We are supporting other countries by giving them jobs and money and that If you disagree, you are a racist.
Sure, we can still buy their i-Pads, Microsoft bit-rot 2008 and barely American cars, but eventually, they will end up selling us crappy versions of these products ( see: Disruptive Innovation ) because we won't be able to afford to pay for them. Just look at the shitty 5 year old $300 to $600 computers they sell in Best Buy nowadays.
It's kind of hard to have nice shit when you work around the clock at Burger King ( sold to Tim Horton's, a Canadian company ) for minimum wage (because the good jobs are over-seas) and don't have time to play with your shit anyway. Likewise, you would not be able to afford to power all that Japanese elecro-bling because that power from NYSEG, Avangrid, Elektro or Scottish Power costs too much money! ( Oops, sorry. These power companies were sold to Iberdrola - A Spanish company ) That's where we are headed, and that's one of the reasons why I voted for Trump.
