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How old are you? Your memory of "how things used to be" may not go back far enough. I have photos of my grandmother in school in 1930's Georgia with people that

How old are you? Your memory of "how things used to be" may not go back far enough. I have photos of my grandmother in school in 1930's Georgia with people that didn't have enough money for shoes. They made their own clothes. No one was getting an advanced education but those that could pay cash and afford to not be working to help support the family in the meantime. Most people rarely travelled more than several hundred miles from their home in their lifetime. Women and blacks were treated like second-class citizens, if that. Life expectancy was what we call middle aged now. It wasn't uncommon to sleep several people in a bed, head to toe, in houses that were, by today's standards, shacks. And on and on. So, what are you comparing, exactly, and how are "big successful entrepreneurs" devoid of reality? Because they're not considering your personal level of happiness?

spronkey 11y ago
So you're saying that in 80 years, we shouldn't have advanced massively as a society? Well the news is in, and we have. But only for those at the top. People at the bottom still work dangerous jobs. Things like mining might be safer than they were before, but they are still very dangerous professions; and these days the job security is worse than it was in the 1930s in such industries. There's also the constant assimilation of jobs by automation. Many people in first world countries still can't afford shoes, while the richest 1% today are in real terms far wealthier than any 1% has been in the last 100 years. Devoid? Perhaps not. Completely out of touch with reality? Absolutely.