Interesting, thanks for the link. This part strikes me as particularly relevant to the current state of things in the US, especially for blue collar&#x2F;middle class:<p>The &quot;New Poor&quot; are the most likely source of converts for mass movements&#x2F;for they recall their former wealth with resentment and blame others for their current misfortune. Examples include the mass evictions of relatively prosperous tenants during the English Civil War of the 1600s or the middle- and working-classes in Germany who passionately supported Hitler in the 1930s after suffering years of economic hardship. In contrast, the &quot;abjectly poor&quot; on the verge of starvation make unlikely true believers as their daily struggle for existence takes pre-eminence over any other concern.[5]