[wiseprince]

Leonardo Da Vinci starting dreaming up flying machines 400 years before reality. A bunch of designs that didn’t work. I am not under the illusion that by the end of the term Trump will have accomplished that. Bold leadership, courage and vision os necessary for true progress in that direction. Everyone is talking about China now only because Trump made them an issue in 2015. Goldwater got hammered but hoa ideas outlived him. Etc etc.

[rollo tomasi]

This isn't about visions of progressing technolgy where the problem-solving process is somewhat easier as you learn about variables of the obstacles and overcome them. Human nature (Part of an ingredient that makes politics) is the exact opposite greedy, backstabbing, lying, discontent, arrogant, lust for power, etc...

Once you are locked into a certain state (In this case, out-of-control public spending with universal suffrage) its too late to fundamentally change. The majority with their hand out (Don't touch my SS and Medicare even on this website of "Conservatives") and the grifters will make sure that system remains in place. We have history to study this behavior which never changes. The only fix is building civilization back after the implosion. Some autistic wizard trying to figure out how to fly a machine never had these obstacles since they could control their own world and figure out nature/physics without universal suffrage in place. I wish solving public crisis was that easy.