That ideal existed back when the world was a much different place , and even if you had elected a president with the education , political experience and expertise to pull something like that off , it still wouldn ' t work . This is a global economy and the only way to restore the middle and working classes to power are through immigration , environmental stewardship , worker and consumer protections , singlepayer healthcare , tax equality , advanced educational development and training and an economy built to compete globally . Of course , you didn ' t elect that president . You ' ve elected a president who will attempt to dismantle the public education system , implode the country ' s debt , destroy our environment , shape policy to reward himself and his cronies and piss off the rest of the developed world . You elected a kleptocrat , a con man with a personality disorder . This country will survive because this political catastrophe has woken up the silent majority who doesn ' t want to see America turn into a authoritarian , thirdworld shithole .