"If the global economy really is booming, as many politicians claim, why are leaders and their parties around the world continuing to get booted out of office in such a sweeping fashion?"
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-13/wall-st-bankers-angry-citizens-nomi-prins-exposes-world-property-1

Realist - Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same -- hardihood. Give them raw truth.