We allow the rich to get richer in the hopes that one day they'll build grand halls for the best of us to hang pictures in, as though we're kindergarteners and they're our loving parents. The optimist in me hopes that what we're seeing is the beginning of a change in ethos, a shift from believing that money is given to the inherently deserving to a world that acknowledges that no one is free from flaws, and no one, no matter how good, deserves to run unopposed. I want to believe that we'll grow up, but we're not long past the point when most children died in infancy, indeed many countries haven't gotten to that point yet. I fear that we, just growing past infancy, are doomed to die before our potential is reached. If humans are capable of wielding power independent of the world we live in, we might have a chance, but how will we know before it's too late?