No matter how pathetic, everyone is looking out for their best interests. For most people, their best interests consist of not being punished. Few play to win. They play to be safe while feeling morally superior to the winners. You can toss all the money in the world into the pit of the eternal fire of stupidity, and all it will do is burn.
University degrees are in disrepute because they deserve to be.
We even lack real people to hate. Lies, deceit and symbols have taken the place of the sword and the gun. Man is a bad animal and worse as a God. The Christian-Judaic attempt to make a human out of man has failed. He is the fetus who refused to abort.