Things people seem to be too dense to understand when they talk about inequality, Trump, and the economy:

1) Relative position matters more than absolute — people are status animals.

2) Volatility and risk matter more than absolute or relative position.

3) Inequality caused and exacerbated by neolib policies directly lead to people like Trump, and worse.

4) Stagnation and/or decreased prospects for themselves and their children lead to Trump, and worse.

5) Open borders/high immigration or welfare state — choose. You won’t get both.

6) Racism and anti-other sentiment in the modern context has everything to do with neolib policies.

7) That inequality and any sort of welfare state or also incompatible.