[Count of Monte Fisto]

This is what the neo-feudal New World Order looks like. A tiny, unaccountable Ruling Elite serviced by a small technocracy and feeding off a huge population of poor and near-poor.

[Steve_Seattle]

"This is what the neo-feudal New World Order looks like. A tiny, unaccountable Ruling Elite serviced by a small technocracy and feeding off a huge population of poor and near-poor."

I think that's the plan. Pacify the masses with "free" health care, a celebrity culture featuring increasingly extreme forms of entertainment, and an increased minimum wage, and leave everything else to the ruling elite. And to hell with the middle-class, those undeserving, mettlesome petit-bourgeoisie.