We live in a culture that tries to make us believe that one day we can all possibly be billionaires, so it is necessary that capitalism be unrestrained from any kind of control, and on day to you can be part of the 1%. It is a big lie. The 99% of us will never be at that level. Democracy has been a thorn in the side in keeping criminal capitalism from taking over the world. But in the past 50 years, their long term well thought out plan has been executed around the world. The uber-rich have this ill concern that they constantly need more and more of the wealth of nations, convincing the poor people that they can survive off the crumbs that fall of the table. Why do you thing the Republicans are working so hard to kill Democracy? The have done an amazing job to convince the working class that their decline in the standard of life is being caused by Blacks, Mexicans, and other immigrants while it has been the monied class that has been sending their jobs to the poorest nation possible, destroying labor unions, and the concentration of wealth. We came amazing close to being turned into a Banana Republic on Jan 6. The Republicans needed a "disaster" in order to make their Wet Dream come true. The monied capitalists have been doing this around the world for the past 70 years, and the truth was being kept from Americans. Now it our turn. Read "The Shock Doctrine: by Naomi Klein. Everything that is happening now make perfect sense.