The bastard (the rum diaries (movie)

I finally got a chance to watch this rather well done movie last evening. Johny Depp never disappoints. Something struck me as I was watching the last few minutes of the movie. The year may have changed, but the bastards are still the same.  Am I the only one that notices this? All through the history of humanity the bastards have remained a constant. Those that have using those those that don't have to get more at the  expense of everyone and everything else. 

In 1960 what where the headlines? War, poverty, human rights. Change the decade and the top stories remain the same. Why is that? The struggle never seems to change. Is this the fate of humanity? A constant struggle between those that have and those that don't? Or am I just taking a myopic and jaded view of things? It seems the number of bastards stays constant. And the voices fighting against those bastards becomes just a little quieter every year. 

Journalism has become a joke in this country, print and other. The bastards own it. Those that find a voice are eventually discredited in one way or another. The 99% got inundated with so many wack jobs and lunatics that it lost all credibility. The same has happened to the "tea party". Makes me wonder if there is some design to things. How is it the idiot fringe shows up just in time to royally fuck things up? Every time? 

Listen to the songs of the '60s. Same things are happening today. Is this insanity as a culture? Expecting a different result after repeating the same actions time and time again? Or do we simply get what we deserve?