Cintron... this is my rant.

Cintron really stuck with me this week. His work is very cynical, but I think it reflects the attitudes of the current time. Politics has become increasingly polarized, and so has the break-room conversation. Everyone can be a critic in today's computer-energized society, and with so much knowledge comes very little responsibility. Cintron (and Rai) point out the way in which the very ideals that our society is built upon can be used with twisted and biased intent. Each side refuses to back down insisting that they have the moral high ground based on their own own interpretation of what a just society entails.

In addition, we are coming to the end of our store of natural resources, and as the "necessities" become scarce, we are left asking how long "polite society" can continue. Cintron warns that as our resources deplete, the true nature of democracy will be laid bare.