[Age of Reason]

Doing nothing about it is the free market option. And, no, it will not be a disaster, except for those who are unfit or unwilling to adapt. A century ago, farmers were 31% of the labor force. Today, they're less than a percent. But the country as a whole is far richer.

To use your reasoning: a century ago the United States had much smaller government, and today we have massively larger government, but the country as a whole is far richer.

[cynwoody]

Government, above a certain small size, is a net drag on the economy.

If the US labor force were still distributed today the way it was a century ago, the US would still be poor. However, if the size of the government were still that of a century ago, the US would be much richer than it is now.