I agree with you but if I dwell too much on how the scales are tilted in favor of special (powerful) interests, I get heartsick on my own behalf and on behalf of all financially disenfranchised working people who are struggling to maintain the purchasing power of the fiat currency which the "company" has issued us in return for our labor.

For what it's worth, I continue to believe that SNS represents one of the opportunities to do this if you have the stomache to hang on while it's wildly manipulated in an attempt to shake us off. I mean the fundamentals are great - management, resource, ownership, finance, political risk etc.

We may be blown away in the tsunami created by the insatiable greed of the ruling elite, but I for one am not going to let them erode the value of my hard-earned savings without a fight. If fortune truly favors the bold (eventually), may be we'll survive and prosper yet.

Chin up and best of luck in whatever stand you take.