Perhaps it's time for us to quit pretending that the world is even close to having its act together.

In a brave, new economy that offers human beings the chance to be treated like office equipment {"Screw the upgrade. Just get a new one."}, previously "untouchable" wage slaves have started to worry about something other than the health and stability of their mutual funds.

Meanwhile, Generation X, that angry, young, hormone-infested demographic, has been forced to settle for long-term work in the Super-Caffeine-and-Designer-Muffin Sector. Parents are finally clicking to the fact that their sons and daughters, who were raised to revere and re-consume 60's culture without any of its underlying social consciousness, are getting hosed.

Let us readily admit that North America has begun its descent into bureaucratic purgatory, replete with elitist patronage, unabashed nepotism, sanctioned greed and usury.

And while you're up, grab me a beer...

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