I think one of the primary motivations for forming democratic governments was to put a check on the ability of the wealthy few to enrich themselves at the cost of the many. To do things like protect the environment, balance the economy, ensure that workers get a fair deal, and so on.
For far too long in the USA, the government, especially the republican side, has been working solely for the good of the wealthy few, at the expense of the many, to the point where they don't even bother trying to disguise it anymore.
I think Biden is in for a very difficult presidency not just from the right, but from what I've seen (anecdotally, at least) as a fast growing feeling of discontent on the left and the middle that they've had just about enough of taxation without representation. The government under republicans has had no issues handing trillions to the ultra rich, but gripes about giving peanuts to those who are really struggling. But they forget whose money that is.
There have been a lot of economic/social theories theories over the years that as long as you leave them a place to live and enough to eat, you can take pretty much everything else away from the masses without too much drama. But they went too far, now there are a huge number of people who don't have enough to eat, or a place to live, watching some senior vice president of staring out the window getting a multi million dollar bonus after their government used their money to bail out his company.
People might be losing their jobs and their homes all over the place, but I'd guess they're hanging onto their pitchforks.
= Sarcasm
