I agree with wholeheartedly with the notion that if the status quo isn't working that it's time to change the status quo. What's going on is the same internal, only spoken of in whispers rot that is taking place in so many governments all over the place -- where it's somehow better to overfund and prolong ineffective and often harmful programs than it is to admit error (or worse, willful addiction to power) and move on to something new that should work better.

I came to the conclusion long ago that many people want change only because they have a burning desire, for some strange reason, to fix what's not broken. If not that, then they'd rather co-opt something already in existence and then change it to suit than work to start something from the ground up, because let's face it: those people are also inveterate lazy bastards. It's these people, preaching change and revolution for all (but for the most selfish of reasons), that attract and then become addicted to "leading" that portion of the population who long to follow.

That's the situation as I see it.

Yeah. I'm something of a cynic.