A dark time for liberal democracy : the democratic system will face a severe test in the next four years

government by the 1%

When billionaires gain public office, don't expect them to enact laws that oppose their interests. They will formulate a narrative  that portrays their interests as identical to the common good.Thus they promulgate the mythology that when the wealthy do well,everyone does well("trickle down effect").
If this were true the gap between yhe rich and the poor would not be widening (income disparity).
The truth is that the rich are getting richer at the expense of the poor who are becoming poorer(this exploitation has also been referred to as the "trickle up effect").
There is no doubt that "deregulation" and  lowering the corporate tax rate will benefit corporations and may stimulate economic activity, but without government policies that ensure an equitable distribution of these  benefits to the general public the acrued profits will end up in the pockets of the wealthy. (Lets not forget who caused the 2008 economic recession, at whose expense the perpetrators were bailed out,and who suffered the most)
Without social,political,and economic equity,democracy is nothing more than a dream. Build a fair economy that benefits everyone and people will stop focusing on the differences that divide them and blaming each other.
A decades-long slide into economic doldrums has been experienced by many Americans who feel left behind (have not shared in the wealth generated by the economy).
When the poor get poorer and lose confidence in the system wch seems rigged against them ("systemic poverty", they don't just vote out those in authority by whom they feel betrayed, they often turn to illegal activity and violence in order to survive.People who feel disrespected and abused commonly act out their anger with displaced aggression.
If people lose trust in tbe integrity of their govt. they will resort to self-help, wch often takes the form of criminal activity. If the law is perceived to exist solely to enforce the rights of the wealthy and privileged, the disenfranchised will not respect tbe law. When people perceive the govt. does not act in service to all, they feel aggrieved,alienated and oppressed,--even betrayed.
When those in public office are blatantly or covertly motivated by self aggrandizement, the people feel justified in engaging in selfish,immoral,and even illegal behaviour(the social order disintegrates into chaos). When people in authority consider themselves above the law (bereft of conscience) and have a spirit of entitlement(the wealthy feel they deserve their wealth)...administrative corruption erodes trust in those entrusted with public power and in the legitimacy of their authority.
The role of govt. should be to uphold the law/constitution and ensure justice for all.

A just society can only exist through the equitable sharing of the wealth generated by the economy. Governments have a moral responsibility for the welfare of all people.

Those entrusted with public power must be held accountable to ensure that power is used for the betterment, improvement and benefit of all.

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Capitalism is inherently amoral(Michael Sandel :"What money can't buy: the moral limits of the markets"),
and imparts acceptability to the pursuit of wealth even at the expense of other people. (a strategy for exploitation of labor)

Capitalism as an economic system offers a conceptual framework and the ideological justification for the oppression of the working poor. It gives corporations the power (through lobbying and funding of political candidates) to shape public policy to their own benefit at the expense of the working people.

Capitalism without regulation undermines democracy.

Relationship between capitalism and slavery: 
The main premise of capitalism is freedom to profit from cheap labour. This is code for exploiting the labour class by paying them a minimum non-liveable wage (a slave wage).
This is a form of exploitation (slavery)! Capital should not be allowed to exploit/oppress labour.

A market economy yhat has delivered its benefits to the wealthy 1% (,and the political elites) has failed to benefit everyone.

The underlying principle of democracy is the equality of all. The rise of inequality has eroded this principle and thereby undermined democracy.

Elites are benefiting at the expense of those who work for a living. There is a lack of respect for the dignity of work...and tbe working class who feel neglected,excluded, unappreciated,disempowered,exploited,oppressed.

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Donald Trump personifies hypercapitalism....and it is tragiclly ironic that aggrieved voters fed up with political establishment's failure to address the unfair imbalance in wealth in American society placed their hopes in a billionaire
businessman(see "a new bunch of reptiles has taken over the swamp in Washington").
Bernie Sanders ran a campaign wch highlighted the real cause of working class discontent/betrayal, and would have defeated Donald Twit had it not been for the Democrat establishment sabotaging his campaign efforts.
Donald Trump has neither the insight nor the will to fix the real cause of discontent and disfunction in America...and so we see  him diverting attention toward  red herring problem of "the Moslem conspiracy against America" for people to direct their fear and anger against (see "strongman sets up straw man" and "putting Moslems on the invasive species list").
Bernie Sanders was right: the correct and appropriate object of fear and anger should be people like Donald Trump and those he represents whose greed and selfishness has poisoned the world.