In general, though, the prosperity of the prosperous -that’s usn’s - has been sustained - the Ayn Rand argument is is it otherwise impossible to create- by -insert Marxist glossary- oppressing the -well, the oppressed, in a nutshell, the poor, and it really is only going to last so long. I mean, we do have a condition of empire going on, and we have some recognizable symptoms of an empire in some poor health, and EVENTUALLY this empire is going to collapse. Now, how long we can limp along, nobody knows, could be another five or six hundred years on the verge of collapse. I’m just saying maybe if we took the whole empire thing back a few notches, empowered the more local/regional administrations, it could happen without as much freaking out and nightmares. But as long as you have a bunch of people enjoying more scarce resources than is their share to go around, you’re going to have a bigger bunch of people not having enough, personality flaws aside.

Holy Hannah I talk too effen much - now you know why I lurk. I warned you though.