Gilligan was the village idiot and more a hindrance than a help. The Captain was capable when provided with direction, but had no real leadership. Maryanne, however, was capable and practical and along with the professor, who constantly offered vast knowledge, kept them all from being doomed.
My opinion is that if we really could pick teams, we would pick those who possess the knowledge that created our country through a free-enterprise approach, not those who have risen to wealth by exploiting the spoils of unbridled capitalism.
First round picks would go to those who excel in the fields of engineering, medicine, agriculture, manufacturing, metallurgy, mechanical repair, carpentry, electrical, plumbing, education, science, food preservation, energy and so on.
Note that these people first chosen are those who provide the knowledge and labor necessary to establish a civil and functioning society and not the profiteers of the civilization that the aforementioned created.
It’s interesting that the profiteers (including political leaders) have risen to a level of wealth well above those who created and continue to make our society possible.
America today is laced with millions of people who do little more than shuffle papers and consume foreign made products as we unwisely follow a flawed economic platform that was never designed to last long term.
As our fatally flawed system of exponential growth and consumption continues to unveil the physical and mathematical impasses that were built in to that structure, America will go in one of two directions.
We will either become a third world, two tiered system of haves and have-nots. Or, we will face the fact that our underlying economy must be totally rethought including our monetary system.
The latter will require choosing new teams. If you were elected captain, who would you choose for your team mates?
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