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Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam
If you want someone to blame, blame President John F. Kennedy, I was 7 years old and JFK not only set the goal of a man on the moon but the space race had the effect to germinate today's technical progression -- I had little idea that the Jetsons cartoon might become a reality before I died. Space travel required computers to plot the course and control the rocket's systems. In my lifetime the standards and lifestyles of half the population have radically improved while others were left behind.
Those that could grasp onto the future succeeded those that resisted the future and longed for their past glory now find themselves at a dead end.
Should there come a global civil war and the poor eat the rich it would not surprise me. Men burnt witches not that long ago and man has proven himself self destructive throughout history. If we reverted to living in caves it would come as no surprise to me. Without technology and medicine I am dead in a short time so I just go with the flow.
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I don't need anyone to blame, I'm saying we have to act responsibly as a society. One can not expect to stay the world's leading super power and stay on the cutting edge of technology if we expect large amounts of the society to live below poverty levels and not be capable of advancing themselves.
The middle class and the melting pot is what has made America strong and unique as a country. When you start waging war on the middle class or the melting pot, then the country will eventually stop being strong and unique.