January 6th

One-line definition: The January 6, 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol — invoked in Kyle’s notes as a data point on American decline and racial-economic resentment.

How sources describe it

• In the Great Softening research: a demographic analysis of the people who marched on the Capitol found the most predictive factor was coming “from a county that had gone from predominantly white to a more racially diverse demographic.” Kyle links this to the resentment of uneducated whites who, in postwar economic data, are the one group that hasn’t moved forward.

Where it shows up

• The Hardening Of The Great Softening - Research — evidence in the “is America in decline?” thread.

Related concepts

• The Hardening Of The Great Softening - Research — the source thread where the Capitol march appears as evidence in the “is America in decline?” question.
• American Exceptionalism on Trial — frames Jan 6 as a data point in the broader case against American exceptionalism.
• The Hollowing Out of the Middle Class — the economic-stagnation backdrop for the resentment of uneducated whites the demographic analysis flagged.