This guy is spot on. I saw his picture and thought 'sheesh' I'm sure his 'starting' point of when the middle class started crashing would be in the 2000s because twenty somethings don't comprehend history and its effects. But he nailed it with citing the normalization of China in trade. A complete rail road job and the beginning of mass exodus, combined of course with NAFTA.
Good article. Thanks for posting.