>This is an amazing time in history. The US has morphed into an overtly imperialistic hyperpower and is on the verge of starting a potentially catastrophic war.
Co-incidence?
>Simultaneously, the US economy teeters on the edge of an abyss, ruined by decades of deregulation, privatization and speculation.
Ruined by... capitalism?
> At the same time, the nation's business leadership and the stock market face perhaps the greatest crises of public legitimacy and confidence ever.
So, capitalism is in crisis you say? A potentially catastrophic war looms you say?
You optimist you.
Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas