&quot;How the hell have we come to this ugly pass where earning a living takes up so much nervous energy and angst, in what is a rich First World country? Now some of it is due to globalisation and the fact that two thirds of the world (the Communist countries and what used to be known as the Third World) were largely outside the capitalist system, and now this has changed the water is finding its own level. Living standards in the First World will have to fall until they meet rising living standards elsewhere.&quot;<p>1. We are going backwards, at some point we will be back to the labour standards of the 18th and 19th centuries. All of the labour laws we won during the end of the Great Depression are gradually being taken away.<p>2. The author states that FI people will be sitting on the drain plug as the Non-FI people circle the drain. If history rhymes with the French Revolution, the FI people may be in danger unless they are well armed, or in control of the army. As one of my old bosses once said: &quot;I&#x27;ll take your chest of Krugerands with my guns&quot;<p>3. As the song &quot;We won&#x27;t be fooled again&quot; by The Who states: &quot;Meet the new boss, same as the old boss&quot;. It is human nature for Psychopaths to rise to the top.  Until this is fixed, nothing will change.