I've been talking about the decline of the interior for a decade or more, and listening to politicians and academics on both the left and the right (who mostly live on the coasts) deny it.

If nothing is done about this we are going to get someone way worse than Trump. Whether it's a right or left totalitarian probably depends on which side can field a compelling demagogue first. Ultimately the politics won't matter much as long as pitchforks are handed out.