We need to wake up, but I guess we live too comfortably to bother
I want my MTV!
Anyway, thank you kind sir. Pretty sure you are the kind of person who would enjoy the heck out of that book.
There are two kinds of revolutions. One in which the invader storms the gates and batters them down with expensive, high tech war machines like catapults and scaling ladders. The second is when the citizens rush to the gates, unlock them and beg the invaders to please come inside and do as they please.
Which one do you think is going on at the moment?
I read where a few commentators in Germany have expressed dismay at the outcome, but it is now clear that "too big to jail" has gone global. Multi-nationals (and Bernie is certainly one of those) can know proceed to rape and pillage at will, knowing the worst that can happen is that they may, as some point in time, have to pay a pittance to established authority in exchange for their plunder. The going rate seems to be right about 5%.
Would you pay a $1,000,000 fine if you knew you stood to gain $20,000,000? Oh, yeah. You betcha!
And that's assuming you get caught in the act of committing your nefarious activities.