532 years ago Columbus sailed the ocean. Now think of the
changes to this land in those 532 years. Most people can’t
get more than a couple generations in their history with any
real details. Like it or not we’ll not make a lot of impact upon
what happens in our life time. jmo
Except the bad, shortsighted decisions we made just 25 years ago have plenty to do with the problems we're facing now.
We didn't have to send our manufacturing, technology, and money to the communists in China, but we chose cheap labor and lower prices over keeping Americans employed. The Chinese used our consumer dollars to build up their infrastructure and military while we had to raise the debt limit just to pay the interest on our loans.
We could have cancelled our TV subscriptions as soon as it became clear that the media was going to attack Trump and his supporters at every turn, but we decided that sitting on our tails and being entertained was more important.
I could give many other examples, but the point has been made. Things move a lot faster now than they did 500 years ago, and the bad decisions we made just a few years ago are causing major problems now. Whether or not there's still time to turn that around may depend on our willingness to act now.