Thus The Wall Street Journal today. “Across Europe, criminal networks once known for smuggling guns and drugs have transformed into human-transport rings to cash in on migrant waves from war-torn Syria and beyond,” explains the newspaper. “Over just a few months, the crisis has created a migrant-smuggling opportunity between Turkey and Germany that European security officials estimate at billions of dollars.” For my sins, I kind of rejoiced at these words. They offered a clear vision of the future to come. Fuck capitalism as it has come to pass. Fuck all the silly rules and regulations that supposedly govern today’s markets. Trade is trade, and its rules have been abundantly clear since times immemorial. Amazingly, such trade now remains only at the fringes of the capitalist world. But these fringes are destined to swell until they become its very core as it disintegrates under the ravages of climate change and environmental degradation. Whence my jubilation, of course. The rosy future is for the nincompoops. Seeing clearly is a joy for the very few.