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Contrary to how too many in the news media and political class think about politics and society, people do not live or experience “the economy” and their sense of financial and social precarity in the aggregate through statistics.

"I do think that there's a malaise happening across society. People are looking for answers, and sometimes uncompromising, unapologetic, strong-appearing people are easy to gravitate towards," McAvoy says.

“It was amazing - people of all ages and classes came out, from rickshaw pullers to high society people, there were families taking selfies with army officers. We were shouting and celebrating for a new Bangladesh.”

“In our society, people with access to the new technologies and pharmaceuticals are more likely to be white,” Hansen says.

But for the bottom 20% of earners in our society, people who once had a chance to climb up the economic ladder, college has become a treacherous option.