Media Meditation 2

After reading the story about how the United States government sent 12 billion dollars in shrink wrapped bills to Iraq with no account of how the bills were being distributed, and multiple maskings of where and who the money was going to, I wanted to try and put the whole story in perspective. This is what $206 million looks like: 

Imagine what 12 billion looked like all packaged up and ready to go? 

 I went and found the article on the Guardian.co.uk.com it also let me know that this was the biggest transfer of cash in U.S. history from the Federal Reserve. You would think if you were at "war" with a country, you would have so much money floating around without proper management, but then again Ralph Nader might be on to something. There are only 17 buyers left. 

What does this all mean for a web/tech savvy constructed reality that we call the media industry? We need to move from collision of power, to philanthropy. I see it more productive to bring people together and diversify ideas, rather than secluding everyone even more. What is everyone so afraid of? Being honest with themselves?