Excellent article, Gary. We are not making much sense, are we? We put the dollar in the center, then have a competitive frenzy with the bullies getting closest to that center, and we do not care about anything much when not expressed in dollars (with some benevolence here and there). We are not smart.

You write about politics, and so I need to add that there is a way today to change our voting system while not changing the US Constitution.

"A Republic If You Can Keep It"

https://fred-rick.medium.com/a-republic-if-you-can-keep-it-9e2990d3ceab