[quote=bearishgurl]
Am I missing something??[/quote]

Not sure if you’re missing something or not. The shift will be gradual. The tipping point will be sudden. The turmoil in the middle east is a perfect example. Life has been crappy in Egypt for 50 years. But the trend over that 50 years has been crappier and crappier as there have been fewer jobs, more hungry people and an economy generally trending downwards. And then the suffering hit critical mass. It was the same story in Libya and in Syria. (I’m not dismissing outside influence, and this isn’t meant to be derail the discussion towards ME politics, it’s just an example.) We have already seen the same trend in the US. It is what the occupy movement was all about, it just failed to hit critical mass. Without substantial change in trajectory, eventually it will.