Sticker shock, a feeling as old as commerce itself, is no longer just an irksome, unexpectedly high bill. In the era of social media, overpaying for dinner is an invitation for anyone and everyone to publicly shake their fist over the health of the global economy.
And that’s why the mood is “death to Amerika”; my outlook doesn’t change til theirs does. And it probably won’t change until they have to live through agony, catastrophe, and decline.