I read the article, all the comments, and I don&#x27;t think that everybody really discusses elephant in the room here.<p>US politics is no longer country politics — it&#x27;s more of an important part of world politics than an isolated thing. Just the same, US economy is more of a part of world economy. The article quotes &quot;taxes on the rich&quot; going down, but it omits the main reason: &quot;taxes on the rich&quot; are really taxes on capital (which includes not only billionaires, but individual investments of hundreds of millions people), and the capital is mobile now. If the US wouldn&#x27;t lower capital taxes, the capital would just flow away. Same principle works for US blue-collar workers: sorry guys, but you&#x27;re competing with workers from India and China now. And, to be honest, on a humanity level, it feels completely fair that your wages going a little down while theirs go up, tremendously. Same is true for financial elite: US financial elite is no longer financial elite of one country, but financial elite of the entire world.<p>And, of course, same is also true for US presidential elections. Of course, only US citizens can vote in it. But the political establishment itself is already slowly morphing to being a part of international political class rather then being tied to a specific country: it&#x27;s especially apparent when you look at various NGOs, think tanks, funds and other similar organizations. And both Sanders and Trump are perfectly logical candidates in this context. They may be radicals on US political arena, but in a broader, worldwide political spectrum they don&#x27;t feel out of place one bit. (Which is pretty ironic when you consider how isolationist both of them are).<p>So, the whole world is looking at this US election cycle, but if you&#x27;re part of US, the whole thing will make much more sense if you take a break from the spectacle and look around.