> the entire system is corrupt The universal dismay of humanity is that we actually built and held onto Democracy for a time. Not perfectly, but better than s

> the entire system is corrupt The universal dismay of humanity is that we actually built and held onto Democracy for a time. Not perfectly, but better than suffering any dictatorship by "royalty" and oligarchs. The transnational petroleum business was never going to go quietly into energy decline. Its component interests are flexing their influence.