Seems most of mankind&#x27;s daily labors are inclined toward predatory monopoly these days; either creating their own or wage-slaving toward preserving another&#x27;s.  One laughs with today&#x27;s comedians as they parody the manners of yesteryear, those musty, pinkies-out concepts of gentlemen and gentlewomen, that gullible faith in the golden rule, yet one&#x27;s teeth are soon sent gnashing when those many insurances which buttress men&#x27;s insolence are found to be effected by the same selfish, hard-hearted men as oneself.<p>Rather than Thoreau&#x27;s &quot;quiet desperation&quot;, the masses instead seem bent toward lives of &quot;clawing desperation&quot;.