We'll see.The middle class has noticed. THey overplayed their hand, and their bluff isn't going to work
Experience has taught me not to expect horrible government policies and overreach to ever be seriously reversed if it means some parts of DC may lose money or power. And now the ballot box is...iffy at best.
I see some signs things will turn around, but I am not naive enough to believe that if I have a kid, I will be able to do the same things my parents did with me, with them.
The post-9/11 restrictions/safety theater on air travel and airport operations are never going away (for one thing, TSA wouldn't have a job if that happened), there will probably be fools who wear masks everywhere the rest of their lives even if the powers in DC eventually give up on keeping the Wu Flu shit going forever, and the lives lost/wasted/ruined in last few decades, at the behest of the elites who do not care for the plebs, will not be brought back or fixed.
I learned long ago what it meant to have to face and deal with terminal declines, I'm mental preparing myself for the same thing to happen to this nation.
I'll be happy if I'm wrong, and frankly I pray I am; however I cannot prepare and plan as if things are going to turn around.