I’m with you, but are you familiar with the observations of Alexis de Toqueville about this nation soon after independence was gained? He was taken aback, over and over again, by the scale of heedless material grasping he witnessed. It seems to be in the blood of this nation — which has attracted people from other nations who share that attitude. Sure, there are other reasons people have come here, but “opportunity” is the penultimate draw.