All of these groups, academia, the wealthy, attorneys, union members, leadership at public companies are all just people. You can’t look at the actions of members of those groups and dismiss everyone in them. It’s not a question of those groups or people. There are just people who have to have to support liberal democracy.

So far the political instability has not affected personal finance, but it will if we (everyone without regard to group membership) don’t respect basic rights and the law.

Grassroots movements made up of regular people are where the resistance has to happen. Ideally, enough pressure can be created from below to bolster the fearful institutions into joining the fight. … Allow your disappointment in this fact to be leavened by the knowledge that you, yourself, are the most important determination of what America’s future will look like. If you, and millions of people like you, resolve to stand up, we will win. We have the numbers…

This person is mistaken; a majority don’t like Trump, but only a minority will do something about it.

What does this have to do with personal finance?