François CholletVerified account

My interpretation is that this is about identity, and it is a reaction to the liberalization of values throughout the 1st world.

which explains why it mostly involves older, less-educated, white people, and is a global phenomenon (rather than just US).

well, the economic part is global. Globalization is crapping in the uneducated, who previously had status from color of skin...

Maybe, but if the crux of the issue is the economy, then why is it happening in 2016, when unemployment is at 5%?

and why is the racist far-right more prominent in better-off countries like France and Austria than it is in Spain or Greece?

I guess the point I would argue is that people care much less about "identity" than "status"

re: "status" --for EU immigrants, signals of cultural difference trigger anger but signals of social/economic success don't

for instance, the emotional reaction to a woman in hijab vs. a black man in a suit.