The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index surged in the week-ending Feb 9th (matching its biggest weekly jump in 9 years) to its highest since 2001... as the US equity market crashed...
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-14/americans-comfort-soars-17-year-high-stocks-crash
Realist - Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same -- hardihood. Give them raw truth.