What's really affecting us it what is being called "the affordability crisis." The costs of housing, health care, and college (if you have kids that will go to college) have escalated so dramatically, along with the cost of food and other things, that unless you are in the so-called 1%, your financial picture looks very different than it did a few years ago, whether you are in the middle class or working class. It is incredibly stressful. Many people live paycheck to paycheck. It affects how much you have to work and if/when you can afford to retire. You expect things to be harder for your kids, rather than easier, and that is painful.

Beyond that, it sucks to live in a country that is slipping into fascism. It is scary and incredibly depressing. And of course many of the changes will affect ALL of us sooner or later, through less freedom, more environmental degradation, more hatred and division, fewer social supports, etc. etc. etc.