We are at that awkward stage between "Player Piano" and "Star Trek". We have, to borrow a term from Dickens, surplus population. It's not that there is too little food clothing and shelter to keep them comfortable, but the social rot that spreads as a result of entitlement and sloth lead to our present troubles with the terrorist blm and antifas.
If we were to give them free everything (which they already have for the most part) they would still be rioting and murdering, just because. Idle hands create spoiled bands of ferals.
The rest of us just keep plugging along, working, and trying to make our little corners of the world pleasant and productive to produce that plenty which other enjoy - and then destroy.
Maintaining optimism is a daily struggle. I do not have to work in a coal mine, or toil in a field (thank you John Deere), so there is that.
“I like the tone of the author’s theme,
but there are challenges. While I agree
that there has never been so much
abundance available to so many, much of
it is due to automation, and the pace
of automation is still ramping up.
We are at that awkward stage between
“Player Piano” and “Star Trek”. We
have, to borrow a term from Dickens,
surplus population. It’s not that
there is too little food clothing
and shelter to keep them comfortable,
but the social rot that spreads as
a result of entitlement and sloth
lead to our present troubles with
the terrorist blm and antifas.
If we were to give them free
everything (which they already have
for the most part) they would still
be rioting and murdering, just
because. Idle hands create spoiled
bands of ferals.
The rest of us just keep plugging
along, working, and trying to make
our little corners of the world
pleasant and productive to produce
that plenty which other enjoy -
and then destroy.
Maintaining optimism is a daily
struggle. I do not have to work
in a coal mine, or toil in a field
(thank you John Deere), so there
is that.”___Sirus Lee
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Sirus Lee,
* Thanks for those interesting comments.
* You made some very good points.
* Some Miscellaneous Points:
{1} The hope/solution lies in the future.
(2} The future is controlled by God.
{3} God has good future Plans for His human race project.
{4} The human race has always made
significant progress in all areas over the
centuries.
{5} The human race is in its infancy, we’re only
in about the Third Grade, and we have many
millenniums yet to go before we will graduate
up to say the Fifth Grade.
{6} The solution to the 21st Century will be
the 22nd century.
{7} The Sovereign God will never be defeated by
human sin and stupidity.
{8} The Mob now in the streets will continue
to cause problems for many years yet ahead.
{9} Christianity and Conservativism cannot be
defeated by the imperfections of human beings.
(10} Science and Technology implemented and guided
by the Sovereign God, will become a significant part
of the coming solutions to America’s social and
political problems.
(11) Conditions are very UNLIIKELY to get as bad
as they were in World War 1 and World War 2, and
we survived all that and have today all the
benefits of the 21st century -— in spite of all
that disaster that was WW1 and WW2.
(12) Christianity and Conservativism can endure a huge
amount of “acceptable losses” and keep right on
going. I hope it don’t come to that.
(13} The Upper Class and the Middle Class
have not yet “been touched” ENOUGH to cause
them to become “Spartan Warrior types” and
rise up and put an end to all this Marxism
and Mob Socialism we see in America today.
{14} If the Upper Class and the Middle Class
are NEVER “touched enough” then we don’t have any
serious problems.
(15} As time goes on, Science and Technology is
going to produce more and more people in the
Upper Class and Middle Class.
/just some thoughts I had {1} through {15}
I will be glad to classify them as
my personal opinions.
JAG
Scot me up Beamy.
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