The resistance is rapidly descending down Maslow's "hierarchy of needs" from intellectual disagreement to an existential threat. My hope is thar it will spur sustained, vigorous, all-out opposition before it is too late.

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich