Slavery or involuntary servitude can be re-imposed as a punishment

[TBF]

11. She's descended from a couple of presidents

and sits up on her throne passing judgment.

You know that is the one positive of globalization - that folks like her are not going to be in charge anymore.

A related tangent - the sadder part for me is watching as normal everyday people grapple with losing their jobs as we outsources. It's rough contemplating that while people are losing standard of living here, in other countries they may be gaining a better standard of living. I think about that a lot and I actually suspect POTUS does as well. I've come to the conclusion, as I usually do, that we need to do a better job of easing this transition rather than letting the wealthiest simply hoard all the money. The economic effects are of course another thread -

I can tie it together though. We watch the economic shifts and we watch the other paradigms - things like people responding to the "other".

Hopefully as the world is more connected with technology we will not only ease the transition of modernizing, but also figure out the environmental pieces. And, finally, I hope we all learn to accept each other despite the different ways we look and cultures we have. The people like Bush and Bundy - who just do not get it - are just going to be left behind as we all move forward.