Trump, Optimism, Amazon, Populism, Millennials - Five Things - Issue #436Nico LummaJan 07, 2019ShareHe is demonstrably unfit for office. What are we waiting for?Susan Glasser on the yearly wave of optimism known as the January Effect and the difficulty of maintaining a sense of possibility in the Trump era.A growing number of self-proclaimed experts promise they can teach anyone how to make a passive income selling cheap Chinese goods in the internet's largest store. Not everyone’s getting rich quick.Hard-line leaders and parties are responding to setbacks by revitalizing a sense of crisis and stripping down their message to its core: a skepticism toward liberal ideals.Also, the Millennials seem to be awfully whiny.nullPreviousNext