In my 30's, if my pee was extra yellow I'd think "Wow" and then get on with my life. In my 70's, if my pee is extra yellow I think " My organs are broken! I'm dying!".
The stock market. Running the world's economy on hunches and gut feelings and insider manipulations. It's time for that shit to go. Does anyone even need ticker-tape anymore?
My apologies. A rose is a rose is a rose after all. It's okay to mention race or culture without being racist or xenophobic. A silly, stupid quip, nothing more. That being said, I paraphrase Mark Twain who said "Some people will go way out of their way to feel offended".
Grinding hope to dust is not helping. What you say may or may not be true, you don't know. Plus the condescension tells me you see yourself as wise but the truly wise would not be condescending. Carry on Mister Smuggy.
Iain M. Banks created a whole universal alien system called "The Culture" which are mostly sentient machines. Also woven in is how humans evolved. There are several books of his that exist in the universe of "The Culture". I haven't read his stuff in a while but remember being intrigued while reading them.
Apart from the specific definitions and history of practice there are people who help people and people who help themselves. All systems have been derived from this.
So, is Israel blackmailing the RCMP too?