Following U.S. lead -- it seems like government "investment" is more or less inversely proportional to the production of oil here in the U.S. At some point, the oil becomes beside the point and we see revealed (once again) that the purpose of a government is to enrich a small ruling class, by whatever means is at hand.

The U.S. experiment is no aberration -- in the early days of the republic almost every white male could be a property owner, and thereby, part of the ruling class. Times have changed, but the story is the same-- lots of non-property owners now, and a lot of them are white (and resentful). Time now for scapegoats.

Fear not, though. The churches will eventually make almost everyone believe that it is God's will, and we will return to the slumber of the Dark Ages.