When a man stands in front of the plant that sent your jobs away, and promises you he will bring that job back, when he celebrates himself as a messiah, a do-er away of corruption and a drainer of the swamp, he stands tall as a seeming champion of the average america. He promises to make America great again. The problem is that Donald Trump is a liar, and if he isn't then he's clearly unfit to serve. White identity and the identity of the middle class has increasingly found itself in the foray of American politics. Although it may not seem the highest of talking points amidst a flurry of scandal, resignation, and violence, its degradation helps to understand how we got here. Why did Donald Trump sweep so many purple states? Maybe it's simpler than we think. White, middle class Americans feel threatened. A black president, a rapid increase in the power of the voices of the few, an increasingly interconnected world rendering all of us less dependant on a nation, and mor