'incompetence' certainly - but indolence too. the intensity of the class war being waged on 99% has been incessant since the '70s. we have lost badly with no sign of a meaningful fightback in europe or america. we just can't be arsed - surely we could get rid of them with a bit of effort. having stolen much of value in the many countries of the world -now they are looking to steal democracy. financiers in the greek government, 'legalised' electoral fraud in the usa and tories doing their anti-democracy thing in the uk.