@MJA,
Your questions are myriad and most are worthy of some answers, IMHO.
But ...let's how many questions can be counted that might need their own thread.
Do you truly expect ANY useful answer? Why not narrow down to a few topics so a decent conversation can be attained?
Or is this poetry or an editorial comment and philosophical sort of post? If so, it's legitimate but it's hard to tell what direction you seek.