Funny how salaries NEVER keep up with technology. Technology is making us poorer not richer. When I was growing up you had a phone bill, an electric bill and a mortgage. Now add DSL/data, satellite/cable TV, cell phone bill - it really adds up. Without paying for all of this crap I'd be retired already.
Now we want exotic robo cars. Good grief.
“Bull. You have never lived in the country. It takes the police 10-15 minutes to get to my house.”
I’ve lived in the city and in the country. I’ve spent more time living in the Houston area than anywhere else. And most of that has been in a suburb that is 20-30 minutes from a freeway.
“Technology is making us poorer not richer.”
On average, yes. Big corporations are exploiting unjust patent laws to create continual monopolies. This makes the rich richer on the backs of consumers and taxpayers. But, keep in mind that markets allow the average person to participate somewhat in the profits of these companies. The bigger issue is that the standard of living is improved by technology. Or, at least it can be.
We have access to more food, more conveniences, etc. The average poor person has air conditioning, televisions, cell phones, cars. Kings of a few centuries ago did not have such luxuries. Their orchestras could not compete with the availability of every imaginable type of music that practically anyone can access anywhere, anytime.
But the world is far more corrupt than some of the simpler times. There has been an ebb and flow of morality down through the ages. So I’m not saying it was all rose gardens earlier. But there are definitely treacherous things happening all over the world right now.
So I’m not saying it is better.