and the 2008 collapse had everything to do with it. They were the only people who got bailed out, with the promise that it would trickle down to everyone else. Plus, there were several years where people who ordinarily would have become part of the professional class just didn't. If you graduated college between 2008-11, those opportunities weren't there, and by the time the economy stabilized, companies were looking more at new graduates. So those people just kind of got left out. It's never been more clear to *this many* people (including in the professional class) that it's a rigged game.

Now will this shift in attitude lead to any broad changes in the way this country works and our overall relationship to capitalism? I'm skeptical. But I have no idea why people are pretending like there hasn't been a shift in people's opinions of the rich, when there very clearly has (and Buddy's initial post summed up all the main points as to why.)