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So true dear Muriel. You would think that their brilliant tinkledown economic scholars would realize that the Human Cog in their mechanistic model is crushed and sad. Butt hay if only the ruling class could poke just a few more loopholes and eliminate taxes things would be all better. But alas - sick and poverty stricken families with frayed safety nets aren't resilient - and they may be inclined to steal things and shoot people when their children are hungry. If those in control want populations that produce strong smart soldiers and silicon innovators they're gonna hafta give us some humane work and places where we can buy clean food and water. Arcane "neoliberal" economists would do well to recognize that the human components in their models are interconnected, nonmechanical biological systems - we're all hooked together and incredibly, the majority of us actually like each other and are determined to help one another. It's a concept: Civilization.