The level playing field of equal opportunity becomes the tilted table of preferred minorities, and the term “minority” ironically lumps humans into ever-increasing blobs of vaguely related interests (see LGBTQIAH++). At what point does a marginalized minority become simply a large group of people who want more stuff than other people?

Out here in fly-over world, there is a perceptible and growing sigh of relief. Folks feel real hope for real change, after decades of being pounded with jingoistic hammers. Regardless of whether you like or even care about Donald Trump, the wider message is that us normal folks really are the majority, and we really can change the course of events. One senses a growing feeling of empowerment to take back the country and the culture from the monkeys with megaphones.