[Jim Noble]

Question: Do you own a horse?

I have access to several.

And I'd love to see my friends who raise work horses move to the top of the pile for a change.

But seriously - those who equate living as we did 100 years ago with "destroying the United States" are absurd. In some ways, we'd be worse off, in some ways we'd be better off.

Foe every missed episode of Glee, people would have to substitute a conversation. For every missed Pop-Tart, people would have to go out and get some food. For every EBT card that didn't work - well, how could that be bad?

[ConservativeMan55]

That is all good.. until we’re invaded. Won’t be living like we did 100 years ago.

We’ll be back 100 years ago while everyone else.. Russia, China, Iran, North Korea is living in 2013.

[Black Agnes]

The work horses would probably be slaughtered for food by starving hordes.

At the very least you and your friend (and a platoon of marines) would need to protect them at all costs from all comers.

They would need to be inside and guarded 24/7. And hopefully neither you nor your friend ever need to sleep.

[Kartographer]

"But seriously - those who equate living as we did 100 years ago with "destroying the United States"

Exactly people lamenting that they may have to go back and rely on the social and livestyle things that made this country Great! Are they saying we can't do the things our forefathers did? I hope it doesn't happen, but why with all our knowledge should we not be able to rebuild a country that our forefathers built with far far less?

[Resolute Conservative]

I agree. We might actually see people start to “read” again.