That's a beautiful way to put it. I'm in the USA, but it applies equally well here than it does in Canada. Things are so bad that you find yourself reverting to sarcasm and funny anecdotes in order to make the obvious ... well, obviouser. How much more obvious does our slavery to the modern system have to get? Well, apparently more obviously, so we need Mouseland stories ... a LOT of Mouseland stories.

Except for the Roman Colosseum, which was completed in 80 CE, and had a retractable awning, and it lasted for hundreds of years until it was damaged by severe earthquakes and torn apart for its bits and peices to further other construction in Rome.