Below is a link to a piece written by Chris Hedges recently, that puts a very chilling label on our future on planet Earth. It is a must read for gloom and doomers and for those who are really interested in fighting back instead of just wringing their hands and letting their ulcers quietly perforate.
The next time anyone thinks of my writing as that of Mr. Doom and Gloom, read this piece by Chris Hedges who won a Pulitzer Prize for making my stuff look like the work of a chump.
www.commondreams.org/view/2012/09/03-1
The title is "Life is Sacred". Take note.
Maybe Marx was right about un-regulated capitalism consuming itself from within. We say we must learn the lessons from history or we are doomed to repeat them. Well, why didn't we learn from the fall of the Roman Empire? Corrupt governments fall. We now have the most corrupt government since Roman times. This fact does not include despots and dictators. Those are actually just corruptions of a dictator of demagogue. We are corrupt systemically.