" The technocracy has the upper hand against the white working class, although it is a tenuous hand, as can be seen by the election of Donald Trump. But this is merely the opening confrontation. Pressure on the technocracy will build. America is heading toward an institutional crisis in which the competence of the technocracy and the institutions of the federal government will be questioned. "

― George Friedman , The Storm Before the Calm: America's Discord, the Coming Crisis of the 2020s, and the Triumph Beyond