IF, in 2010? -- there ARE that many years left (without exponentially-increasing chaos ...) for this entire infantile/narcissistic 'society' to ... Grow Up.
(60 yo, spoiled-brat perpetual adolescents shall not change their spots; they must die off; that takes t i m e.)
...And
'Luck' is fickle, even though it has kept the smelly Empire afloat already, far beyond its Sale Date.