Re: (1) No, it isn’t. Revolution isn’t good for business. It isn’t good for feeding your family, keeping a roof over your head, for being entertained. No one is hyped up about an oncoming bloody civil war except for doomsayers like yourself.

Andrew — on that point, do consider this: revolution isn’t good for business… but as they lyrically say, “freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose.”

Speaking as someone who is NOT a Trump supporter*, I think it important to point out most people who voted Trump did so out of desperation. Not misogyny, racism, etc. When one has been economically disenfranchised and no longer has anything left to save, revolution *does* occur. And that’s a very large portion of the population: potentially including Trump voters, progressives that don’t forsee any chance of changing the establishment, and all those others who didn’t vote — because they were too disillusioned to think it worth their time.

No matter what the match is, there are multiple scenarios that could result in a political explosion now. One can hope it won’t happen. But there’s a lot of incendiary “ifs” in play right now.

*I voted Sanders, had my vote “purged” by the DNC, and followed up with a vote for Jill in the general.