Signs of the times

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http://www.sovereignman.com/expat/eight-signs-the-system-is-broken-8930/

What is your favorite sign of the times? I can't decide between:

"Inflation in Zimbabwe (3.63%) is lower than inflation in the UK (3.66%, August 2011-July 2012)."

or

"In the land of the free, there are now more than 760 incarcerated inmates for every 100,000 citizens. This is more than 5x the 1980 average, and it far surpasses the number (560 per 100,000) that Stalin threw in the Gulag at the peak of Soviet terror."

 
The latter quote is a product of the "war on drugs". Reminds me of this quote:
 
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