How Can You Tell When Your Nation Is Doomed ???

"When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing;

when you see that money is flowing to those who deal not in goods, but in favors;

when you see that men get rich more easily by graft than by work;

and your laws no longer protect you against them, but protect them against you;

... you may know that your society is doomed."

Ayn Rand (from Atlas Shrugged)