Scott,

Often the future can be as much a reaction to the past, as a continuation of it. The pendulum does eventually swing back.

The powers that be might seem overwhelmingly strong, but given their core motivation died with the Cold War, the system rests on 23 trillion and growing in debt, the chosen leaders are well past retirement age and the story lines have become pretty threadbare, possibly serious effort should be toward developing an alternative, rather than stressing over the condition of the old.

When you are on the side of change and the ones in charge are busily tearing themselves apart, what’s the problem? Patience.

So what do we do next? People need a more effective meme than just, “Eat the rich.”

How about, “ You can only cheat on the foundations in order to store more gold in the penthouse for so long, before it does more than just trickle down.”

“Money is a contract, in which the asset is backed by a debt. The secret sauce of capitalism is that enormous public debt backs enormous private wealth. Consequently the need to do everything possible to increase public debt, such as endless, inept wars.”

“As a medium, money is a public utility, like roads. That’s why the Federal Reserve is supposed to take the punch bowl away, when the party gets going, not pour more vodka, in, when it runs low. It is a lubricant, not a fuel.”

“It’s a malfunctioning value distribution system. Like the heart telling the hands and feet they don’t need so much blood and should work harder for what they do get.”

“The bankers are having their, “Let them eat cake” moment.”

I could go on, but hopefully you get the idea. The old ideas are getting old and new ideas need to grow. Any ideas on how to start a contest?

Looking at the world today, there is certainly a lot of demand for new ways of thinking.