re: #161 Lupin

At the risk of comparing apples and oranges, I was in Moscow the first year of Gorbachev & perestroika and many Russians felt the country was crumbling while they watched. A drastic transition from one system to another (for better and worse) will do that.

Your system, call it pre-WWII-USA, has failed. You’re now transitioning towards something else. Hence the chaos and sense of loss.

There’s a demographic change. You’ve got those who embrace it and those scared of its implications.