You are quite welcome! . . .

In case you were wondering. I am also an active student looking to transfer from San Diego Community College, to San Diego State University where I am looking to study for a degree in International Conflict resolution with an emphasis in conflict and a minor in Persian. I spend my days looking at the world and its complexity. I have been blessed with the opportunity to see the world from many different angles, and for this I am truly grateful. I say all this because you mention conspiracies, I don't particularly like the word. Just as PTSD is a burned out term so to is the term Conspiracy. It so often misguides people. I am not here to sugar coat the man I discuss, personally I don't think he needs much of that.

Before anyone seeks to solve some great mystery they first need to know how to stand on their own two feet. And that's standing while the Earth turns, day goes down to night and back up to day, with all the great storms that come with the changing of the tides. Once you have realized the difficulty in this the fact that it is impossible to not fall down. The concept of some great controlling body of man goes down the poop shoot.

You can look at how the Bush family has married into other well off families, and say oh look at those 1%s but I beg you to explain the difference between that and a middle class family wishing for their son or daughter to get married with someone who has life figured out and is a stable person. Next to a difference in bank accounts I personally do not see it.

Are we not all at least subconsciously attempting to put forth our own ideology?

So you speak about power and how they got theirs... well you know the beautiful and often forgotten thing about America is that generally speaking wealth here was first earned by some person who worked their tail off and benefitted from their effort. When you look at a powerful family at first glance you might say wow they are oppressors, I however like to think of them as a product of Capitalism. A system that rewards those who strive. It might appear to be flawed, but lets get back to that word COMPLEXITY.

TAKE OFF YOUR MICROSCOPES AND LOOK AT THE REST OF THE WORLD, I MEAN REALLY LOOK AT IT... Capitalism has allowed for the freedom of development. Individual rewards is the greatest reward structure ever designed.

so to wrap this up. The world is complex, get out there and know it before you draw some conclusion that a couple of people control it by a few dangling strings. Doing so has the same effect as Terrorism. If you or anyone else wish to better our cause, seek an education and strive to improve our infrastructure that's the physical of course, but more importantly the educational infrastructure and societal structures. You might could start with an AMA or perhaps do the old fashioned thing and speak to thy neighbor. done with tangent!