I'm afraid it has finally sunk in.

[vlyons]

51. I am not surprised at all

I'm a Buddhist and see it with a Buddhist perspective. When Buddha became enlightened, he did NOT say, "Life is great, and we're all going to have so much fun." Nope the first thing that he said was, "There is suffering." In Buddhism, we call the life that we are living "samsara," the realm of suffering. I keep forgetting that. And basically what keeps us stuck in samsara is ignorance about how reality actually exists, and our insatiable desires and attachments.

This age that we are in is a degenerate age. What has defined this age is the poison of greed. The 0.01% oligarchs have insatiable greed. It has been at the expense of regular people to cut the taxes of the ultrarich. There's not enough money to fund things like good public education, healthcare for all, dignified retirement, a clean environment, a living wage, etc. All day and night long the MSmedia pumps out ads to tickle our desires for a new car, a new kitchen gadget, a shopping spree, an ocean cruise, etc etc. Greed and desire, greed and desire. Endless greed and desire.

I believe in creating an enlightened society in which people live a dignified life with meaningful work, loving relationships, leisure time for family and cultural enrichment. But we will never get their as long as we let the 0.01%ers corruptly rig the system.