Too true, Charles. Unlike the Romans who got themselves caught up in the excesses of life, who forgot about the responsibilities of actually running their government and planning for their future instead of simply falling victim to their hedonistic tendencies, maybe we can take a different path.

Right now, we have two sort of populist candidates, Bernie and Donald. Hillary sees Bernie’s popularity and nowshe leans toward the populist side as well. Cruz remains a hard core conservative because the GOP establishment has told him they will continue to stand behind him and help him beat Trump if he does. He can’t go populist. Trump has offended practically every voting group and he’s still ahead of Cruz. He’s a populist.

I hope we learn from the mistakes of others. I hope we don’t want more than is good for us. Instant gratification leads to addiction in individuals and downfall in societies.