Viktor Komarovsky (Dr. Zhivago) as the rich listen to the poor:
"No doubt they'll sing in tune after the revolution..."
Empires almost inevitably fall slowly at first, like a rock that has been tossed in the air. It reaches the heights, then stops, then down and down to a thud. Already the American poor die many years before the Komarovsky rich. But science has no answer for greed and the love of power. The communist empire fell like the Czar's before, with the rich always holding the Trump cards. 

Time will tell if Congress can stop being the grandest American prostitute of them all. Democracy may be irrelevant, as the new order is the International Corporate Country of America, the ICCA. It isn't a democracy, and it has no constitution. And yes, I know that sounds over the top, but for the poor American who is dying for lack of housing or medical care, or pretty much anyone caring, talking about "pursuing reforms that make the system work" is pretty useless.
Hugh Massengill, Eugene