Did you know that.....

In the United States at the end of 2001, 10% of the population owned 71% of the wealth, and the top 1% controlled 38%. On the other hand, the bottom 40% owned less than 1% of the nation's wealth.

As a community college teacher and an artist involved in the "art world"..I've seen all levels of this demographic.

^ "Why it is hard to share the wealth"

^ "Wealth Inequality Charts"

And yet strangely no one in America seems to be concerned in the least bit that this may lead to social instability.
All Empires and Grand Societies are destined for destruction inevitably, we can thank Shiva for that. When the end comes I'll be toasting marshmellows in the warm glow. Perhaps this age might end up being "biblical" afterall...