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Wealth gap driving division Dismiss Normal text size Credit:Illustration: Alan Moir It is clear that Donald Trump and his followers are deluded, unhinged and a danger to democracy. As Peter Hartcher says (‘‘Democracy is a mindset – the US is losing it’’, January 8) ‘‘the deepening bitterness, expressed in economic, race and cultural wars, is the acid eating away at American democracy’’. The gap between wealthy and poor has become more profound, as exemplified by the film Nomadland, which depicts homeless older people who are obliged to travel the US in search of menial jobs in order to survive. At the same time, the wealthy have grown their fortunes to a record of $10.2 trillion during COVID-19. Unless these injustices, and the greed of individuals and corporations are addressed in social policy terms, America is on the way to becoming a basket case. ....