Problem is you are wrong . It doesn ' t work and the youngsters are smart enough to see it . So they are justifiably worried . This might be extraordinary in USA historical record sense , but not unpredictable situation . This is the logical outcome of the USA political system design . This isn ' t exception , this is the new norm . Essentially this is yet again new cumulative tipping point in the dysfunction . I highly doubt Trump will be a single occurrence well him personally might be , but the political Molotov character in general will be a repeating thing . . People have lost faith in the current political system due to dysfunction . So this is the burn the shit to ground and start over phase of political discourse . I mean democracy In general somewhat works . Insert Churchill quote here . However as far as the current USA political system design goes , it doesn ' t work . Haven ' t really properly worked for centuries . This is essentially 2 centuries worth of political dysfunction coming home to roost . First past the post simply doesn ' t work . Two party system doesn ' t work . It isn ' t stable and viable in long term in social sense . World isn ' t black and white , but two party system tries to force it to be so . One of them has to give eventually , the world or the political system .