Well said. In a failing system greed rules.

This is the failure of capitalism and the failure of linked limited representative governments. The US being the prototype illustrated the early success of these systems and then their failure as they inevitably transition to oligarchic rule with extreme…

A very well written and honest account. I’ve come to realize how hard this is to understand for the dominant American culture. Our national culture is inherently superficial. That’s has been a problem for a long time and the realization of that has produced much of our art. We have never really gotten past The Ugly American who was, and still is, a…