You forgot insurance salesman...LOL

I think we are still waiting for the anti christ to be revealed first, then I'll start to panic. Seriously, there are still things that just haven't happened yet. Biblical plaques of the end times is one example. The anti christ's reign of terror is another. Him being revealed for who he is and forcing people to take the mark is another. 'As the in the days of Noah" when women married the angels and gave birth to the nephriam (giants) is another. I don't know if you believe in the bible, lottomike. But with small ones at home and the world in this state, it pays to know it as good as you can.

There are no 10-289 directives (Atlas Shrugged, or the Nixon era ;-)) and no "PreCrime Divisions" (Minority Report, but the PATRIOT Act is close), & we don't live on a "Federation of Sol III" just yet, (the continental "Unions" are still separate).
I'd say "No." We are all still equal, although some of us are more equal than others.

Everything you named was there 1000 years ago, 2000 years ago and probably 10,000 years ago. It goes hand in hand with the game of life.

check out COSCO... not Costco competitors of Wal-mart, but Cosco Major Shipping Cartel owned by Mainland Chinese... COSCO owns our ports on the Pacific Coast... the majority of our ports around the country are owned by foreign countries. DUBAI is in... our ranting and raving was for nought! Our military guards our Pacific Ports, but are not allowed to enter. Within Cosco is the Chinese military... when Marshall law is called in this country, it will not be our national guard or American military seeing that Marshall law is obeyed, but the Chinese Military in Chinese uniforms. We cannot call upon our National Guard or any branch of the military army, navy, and marines because Bush has shipped them all overseas to other foreign countries. 'Divide and Conquer'   Yes, I think the end is very near. Especially when your own government is willing to sacrifice their citizens for money and power!