[small voice in the wilderness]

I don't suppose it's ever gone through these folks' minds that their Hollywood culture could become as dead as that of the Incas or Aztecs.

Good point. I would like to think that centuries from now, archaelogists will unearth strange, gold-like statues amongst the ruins of a smoldering garbage dump that is rumored to have once been a great civilization. They will ponder the meaning of the statues and finally decide they must have been some form of an ancient pagan religious ceremony. And little will they know they are EXACTLY right.

[aruanan]

I would like to think that centuries from now, archaelogists will unearth strange, gold-like statues amongst the ruins of a smoldering garbage dump that is rumored to have once been a great civilization.

I'd like for this to happen within the lifetime of those who think they're big movers and shakers now so that they can whimper in their dotage about how big they used to be.