America at 250 faces a political recession: record stock markets mask a two-tier system where wealth mobility has stalled and most citizens feel the American dream is rigged. Ian Bremmer argues the U.S. needs a radical political revolution—not Trump's authoritarianism, but structural reform to restore opportunity, curb tech company impunity, and rebuild trust globally. The U.S. has shifted from one of the most class-mobile advanced democracies in the 1970s to one of the most stagnant, making parental wealth the strongest predictor of economic outcomes.