While I have been a student of history for most of my life, I am a newcomer to this site. What delights me most in these early days is the choice of quotes on the same issue spaced across history. The old bromide about history repeating itself is thus presented and proved. Sadly, for most of us, we are duped again and again across the ages. But there is always some group just a few steps ahead of us and they live in mansions, have yachts, and live well. There is upward mobility, just enough to keep the rest of us hoping. So the game goes on and those with the gold continue to make the rules. How close are we to once again having gladiators fighting to the death in arenas to entertain the unruly masses?