Here is a thought experiment for you. Say we find another planet exactly like Earth, but with no people. You are going to colonize this "Earth 2" Starting a society from scratch with our present level of technology. Do you Print up some Paper Money & give it to a few favored people & then tell them they have the right to OWN the Earth Resource OR do you survey the Earth 2 Resources then say that all these resources are the common Right of all the Colonists on Earth 2?

The United States of America once a great Nation until some Rogue Banks & Investment House's began lending money to deadbeats. A shadow banking system arose in the last 15 years or so, and new ways of makeing money off of debt were created. The US exported all the manfacturing & imported foreign investment. It is hard to believe, that the entire United States was basically one giant Ponzi scheme with almost 300 million particpants. HA HA HA! it boggles the mind,LOL.

....In a Galaxy far far away there once was a planet called Earth. On this planet lived beings who were petty, greedy, nationalistic & unable to get along with each other for most of their time on the planet. These beings called themselves "Homo Sapien" (meaning wise man). They were able to master the Atomic Nuclei, and somehow they managed to muddle along until the 2nd great depression & the end of the age of Oil. Our archeologists are studying the rubble of their civilization. They had potential.

Visiting Earth and mingling with some of it's lower life forms. You know who you are.