Well, with Britney, Lindsay and to some extent, Madonna, we are seeing the ups and downs of the USA.
Pure socialism is a nice ideal, but in actuality, perhaps with this, or if ever, heaven forbid, an abolishment of the 2nd Amendment (or even total nuclear disarmament), we would have to transend to a new level of trust, that no one is 'pulling strings'.
Capitalism can appear 'ugly', when we see what the sensationalized portion of the news wants to call 'a train wreck', concerning Ms. Spears.
In actuality, we appear to the world as a country that puts celebrities (popular, not always hyper talented) on a pedestal, only to shrill with glee when they suffer a character and career destroying embarrassment.
The actuality is, that with a free open marketplace, that even a corrupt or stagnant system, can always get 'a shot in the arm', when a good product, new idea or industrious and/or ambitious individual or group enters the scene.
A real concern for us and the more affluent segments of the world, is why isn't food being distributed more effectively? This makes the wealthier look bad when gourmet food, not the least of which, all food, is thrown away.
Are people who can do something protesting, in bad moods, sinister, do they not know a way, are they having trouble staying in business or is there a pleathora of excuses and roadblocks?
The real saver of humanity, in my humble, and maybe fleeting opinion, will be the business person who can work out the financial logistics of this, and even a new energy source(s) which can be regulated and in cooperation with competition, such as OPEC.
Thanks Brenda!