Hi Grey,

Always good to have a counter-argument. Just as an aside, honestly, I would really like to have your take on a "best case" path/scenario - (note I'm not using the word "solution").

re: "I suspect that Edwards, Obama, and others are lots more clued in on the state of affairs than you imagine."

This gets into psychology. My completely anecdotal experience says that it's about impossible to get a handle on the degree of consciousness of most people, including oneself. In fact, there may be some kind of logical impossibility there. (How do you know if you're unaware/insensitive in a particular situation or wrt to certain events? Only in hindsight.)* "Peak" has got to be one of the biggest challenges.

re: "...politicians don't care...". Well, they might. It's hard to tell.

Here's the thing. Define the "real problem."

(*Sometimes people develop practices to help, (periodic reflection) and that might help. I don't know.)

Second "request". Figure out what it is they do care about. And then address that.

Or, exercise another option. Politicians can be circumvented.