"Too big to fail" my butt.

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Lets run through some logic, shall we? Lets think about all the major industries in this country. *nods* Go ahead now, think of them all. We've got media, phone companies, credit card companies, financial companies, law firms, the auto industry, starbucks, walmart, etc, etc. Now think about how big they all are, and all the industries that rely on their purchases WITHIN this country and without it. Now think about how anything could go wrong in the near future at any time to throw them into chaos to the point where they could fall into oblivion. First, we were told that so many of our banks had gotten so fat that if they fell our whole system would collapse. But then, we realized that there were quite a ew gigantic industries in this country that if they fell they'd send an even bigger domino effect than the banks. We knew, going into this whole crap, that we'd possibly hurt ourselves terribly trying to "save" all the banks. Now, we're told, that these other companies too might "have" to be saved. The obvious conclusion you can draw from this is that there's not enough money to save all of these things. There's too many of them for picking and choosing to work, and there's not alot of ways to create some sort of criteria to narrow the field because regardless of what you do...it will hurt the economy, which combined with other factors could help it continue down the dark path it's been on. Certain things could accelerate this whole process -- without your ability to foresee, anticipate, or prepare for. With me so far? Okay then. Now lets move onto the deeper logistics. There is no such thing as "too big to fail". Throughout history, gigantic empires have fallen. Empires with awe-inspiring and often terrifying amounts of power for the eras they were in. If these things could fall, why couldn't a company or bank that has it's tendrils wrapped around a world? So, to move onto the meaning that people should just right out and say...people MEAN that they don't think these things SHOULD fail. But why not? Almost every one of these cases, these companies or banks had it coming to them. They weren't smart enough to see the writing on the wall, they were corrupt, greedy, uncaring for their fellow man...rolling in orggasmic luxury and marvelling at their own illusions of power. What they told themselves, was that they could take shortcuts, they could cheat and hurt people..and get away with it. "We're too big, too important, to fail." Such ego certainly is astounding, especially when they preach a belief in a system which says that, "You either wise up, adapt with the times or you drop out." I understand the sympathy for those who lose their jobs. But if you've such faith with the idea this economic system was founded on, then certainly something will come up to give you a different job. Perhaps you need to create your own. A focus on your local economy, the "fill a need" thing, was what this economy started on. Of course I don't want anyone to lose their job. But the methods you'd have to use -- which everyone's beginning to see, doesn't really help a darn thing -- aren't worth it. I know, I know...I'm lecturing people again..._ I just had to say it.