Sidster, yes, one of the best threads ever at least during my stay here so far... "Some seem to agree that whites are on the top of the pyramid. But no one seems to explain how the ones who are on the bottom of the pyramid can get out of the pyramid and form their own pyramid. And why the ones in the bottome of the pyramid wont get themselves out of the pyramid and form their own pyramid. Like Arabs unite for the interests or Arabs only. Southasians unite for the interests for southasians and africans for ........and so on. " --well, only if countries and the cvilization of their citizens residing at the bottom of the pyramids have less internal problems to deal with... arabs have so much resources yet fail to dictate terms to US. Why? because they are engrossed in their own religious issues and wars for land and territories. thanks to some islamic rhetorics they have been living with and fighting for years now. US and EU on the other hand have minor internal problems which are trivial in world context. they are at the top and hence can manipulate happenings in middle east and other parts of the world. capitalism and full-fledged democracy have been their biggest assets. LooTe