[Skybird]

On the topic, an economic system that results in destroying the existence basis of those running it, and only for short and limited ammounts of time spikes in glorious wealth but at the same time erodes the basis on which this wealth is based and distributes this wealth increasingly uneven, hardly can be described as a success story. It is of benefit for the few, and at the cost of the many, and it consumes the future. It does not last, for it takes more than what it gives back to the global system. He who holds a pistol at his head and pulls the trigger, and he who instead takes a a slow poison and laughs for the day until he dies at sunset - is the latter really that more clever than the first? We shine bright currently, yes, since historically just a short time - and we do so at the cost of having moved much much closer to the top of the cliff . Could be that from a future point of view, we may have shone twice as bright - but also only half as long. The writings are on the wall already, clear to be read by anybody wanting to read. But most people prefer to be told that ther party will carry on for another couple of years, at least as long as they still will live. That is the basic principle that holds our government systems in place: telling people "All will be well, rest assured, the next generation will fix it". Since several decades at least it goes like this. The sky got dim, thes torm cliuds are mounting, the waves whip the beach with increasing ferocity, the island becmes smaller the higher the water cliombs. And we - do party , and believe our masters' lies. Because that are the lies we want to follow.

Telling children there are no monsters under their bed helps them to sleep unafraid. But in our case, the place under our bed gets increasingly crowded.