This was a very well thought out post, Leroy. We can't have government by referendum or by mob rule (which is even worse), and an emotional majority is often a short-sighted and wrong majority. But still, we need to do something about the parasitical sectors which have become a cancer on the economy: the FIRE and military sectors. We need some chemotherapy for these leeches, or we need to starve them of resources, and disconnect them from campaign financiang and mass media. Corporations ought not to have the same rights as persons. We need New Rules, as Bill Maher would say.