This is the closing line of the very nice article.<p>> The future is in our hands.<p>It always has been, and always will be.<p>The problem, as outlined in the article, is that we (the entire human race) have almost always left it in the hands of our "betters", and those wealthy folks have very rarely given a crap about the rest of us, or our beloved mother Earth.<p>They think that their having wealth makes their every whim and fancy the right and proper thing to do, and, as the article shows, that is far from the truth.<p>Of course, we peasants have to, ourselves, learn how to truly be better, truly know how to wield power for the benefit of <i>all</i> human beings, out of compassion for all of our children, and our children's children, ...<p>"Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights." --Peter Tosh<p>"Love is the truth." --Jack White's song of the same name