>I think that the dominant political parties, the EU, the World Bank, the IMF, et al have underestimated and/or ignored the increasing economic stresses felt by working people in western countries.
>There are many reasons - automation, globalization, monetary policies, fiscal policies and the financial collapse- but to the person watching people fly around in private jets while he flips hamburgers, something is really wrong.

Those conditions existed 5 years ago, 10 years ago, etc. The problem is that life has gotten tougher for the "latter" of the two groups. That's partly why Trump has been successful and why Sanders came as close as he did.