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To: DIRTYSECRET

Maybe we’re too rich.

I made a statement on this forum 20 or so years ago that affluence would be our downfall. Very few agreed.

10 posted on 09/28/2024 8:10:26 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust! Long live the Republic.)

To: BlackbirdSST

“Hard times make strong men...”

The Fourth Turning.

Or, on the family level:

“Shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations.”

17 posted on 09/28/2024 9:09:40 AM PDT by 9YearLurker

To: BlackbirdSST

affluence would be our downfall

You are right. Look at almost any "problem" society faces and you will find it to be a first world problem. Massive obesity is an example.

18 posted on 09/28/2024 9:14:27 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)

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