2000 plus years of enlightenment and we've made a science and art out of smoothing things over.
in the world of economics, there're interest rates, exchange rates policies, stock market regulations and credit ratings to manipulate, and voila - another depression averted.
in the world of socio-politics, there're government propaganda, anti-demonstration laws, the universities and colleges acts, mass media censorship and gag-orders to manipulate, and voila - another tiananmen square averted.
while peace and tranquility is well and good, is it really healthy to partake in this much manipulation? how much longer can we pass bad credit around and silence dissent on the ground - before the tipping point is reached - and all hell breaks loose?
you can only smoothen something out if you see the whole picture. otherwise, you're just shifting shit around. sooner or later, a big wave of crap is going to come our way and let's hope short-sighted manipulators are the first to feel the brunt of it.