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This is part of an issue Doug Casey wrote:

The problem is that the people on top, who see themselves as a distinct class and have huge amounts of both power and money, figure that they have the right to give orders to the plebs.

Can you take any kind of political action to change the people that are in control? I think the election of 2020 showed that that's probably pointless this far down the road.

Can you reason with these people? Probably not.

We're dealing with a psychological problem, not an intellectual problem. Therefore, the situation is not really open to solution from reason and factual arguments. Recognize that the only reason to try to change things is not because you will succeed—that's unlikely—but because it's right.

Recognize, however, that the downtrend has been in motion for decades. It's still accelerating and likely to keep accelerating until it reaches a real crisis, which will be very unpleasant.

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