[QUOTE] [b]The Real Wizard wrote:[/b]

If an independent gets in, they'd just get bought too.

Unless that independent is richer than the world's top ten richest people combined.

War is a multi-trillion dollar industry. It calls the shots.

Many countries have hope of improving, but the US isn't one of them. It's a failing superpower. If the war machine stops, then the hegemony and oligarchy will stop along with it. China will then take over. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

http://www.cracked.com/article_20731_5-amazing-pieces-good-news-nobody-reporting.html

http://www.vox.com/2014/11/24/7272929/charts-thankful

^ let's focus on this stuff instead. These are areas where we can (and are) improving.
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Good to see some positive news in this sea of gloom, doom and Justin Bieber.