Going by the recent happenings in the Capitalist world perhaps we can't really be trusted with our hands in the cookie jar.

The 'rulers' gave us 'working class' an open licence to make as much money as possible and bowed to our needs to make even more when we grumbled and moaned about unfair it was that 'they' had access to markets that made THEM ridiculously wealthy. That same working class ended up ruling, and making laws for themselves, which created a brick wall at the end of the tracks.

The 'Empire Class' lost the reins to the galloping conundrum around 1900. They just didn't know it yet.

Join, or create, a group of people to get together without any strict guidelines or anyone standing over them with a large stick and watch what happens.

Lord Of The Flies is where we're at as a species.

'Money' is the worst thing that has happened to us. It was created by people who couldn't be sodded getting up early to milk a cow.

It's seems fairly obvious to me that that we are really only one step up the evolutionary ladder from Hyena's. We worked together to get the kill and when it's dead we kill eachother for it.

Right now, on the STG Scale, we are at 'concerned'. But the general population really has no idea where we REALLY are, and no one at the top is sharing. If we see economies making shifts using their military then I'll shift from 'concerned' to 'build a bivvy in the bush, and take ammo'.

This has been, The Truth, According To Me.

stg
While we may have reached the hyena stage according to your philosophy, on a positive note there is a strong movement away from materialism and the worship of the almighty dollar.

I think humans are an adaptable lot and while there will always be lemmings, the signs are that people are waking up.

People say family and faith (of any description) is important. Throw $500,000 into a crowd and watch what happens.

Anyone complaining about the stimulus package?.

StG

"That same working class ended up ruling, and making laws for themselves..."

Uh? When did that happen? I must have missed it. :)

Seen any royalty in parliament lately?.

Dear Stg,

You asked, "Seen any Royalty in Parliament lately?"

No, but the Queen is our country's Head of State.
Her Representative is the Governor General, who
has to swear an oath of allegiance, and
all Prime Minister's have to travel to London and
present their credentials to Buckingham Palace...