A disturbing number of these predictions are coming true: 

"When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from people who produce nothing 
- when you see that money is flowing to those who deal not in goods but in favors 
- when you see politicians get richer by graft and by pull rather than by work and your  laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you 
- when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice 
- you may know that your society is doomed."

--Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged