That truly is the nub, isn't it? I'm tempted to argue that a Capitalist system inevitably marches right and abandons the proletariat giving rise to this very situation. But, whatever the reason, it cannot be argued that such now is not our plight. On this point, too, we find common ground. I do not believe the United States of America will recover from this appalling freak show for the reasons you cite. There was a time, not so long ago, that I would have found some solace in that for I would have expected a more genuinely fair and representative form of governance, predicated on equality, to rise from the ashes. However, having been subjected to the genuine American spirit of the masses over these past thirty-four months, I can find absolutely no reason for hope.