First time commenting
I stop by a couple times a week to see what perspectives you're exploring. Seems we're kind of agreed, that our 'Leadership' bears far too much resemblance to a criminal racketeering operation than any kind of responsible stewardship. HGOs are the means of laundering foreign aid and ill gotten gains through the system. As the Archdruid points out, its a long descent, and some peoples'
sense of that encourages them to steal everything that is'nt nailed down.
In the face of that, I try to hold on to a line from Ursula LeGuin "to enlarge the chances of life, is to do a mans work. Carry on and I'll pop back from time to time, gather more food for thought. thanks, Don