I get the feeling somebody decided to take the Freddy Hayek thing about animal instincts out to the logical extreme - where there's no need for honor or ethics, because it's just totally amoral - nothing matters but getting what you want.
You are nine kinds of fucked up right now, America.
Good point: The word "crisis" implies the problem is acute, therefor temporary. But the cycle of poverty, ignorance, and crime is chronic, therefor long term, potentially permanent, and eventually fatal.