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Old 06-21-2021, 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by jimjamuser View Post
Nice to hear from you, Mr. Goofey Eagles. I am also a fan of capitalism. But, the US has changed gradually and then MORE quickly from about 1975 until today. We had less population, crime, immigration, and we had a VERY STABLE middle class. We were in the top 10 of countries for upward mobility and quality of life. people were living longer each generation (not today). Average wages were staying ahead of inflation. From 1975 until just this year average wages with respect to inflation or buying power DECREASED. The middle class was screwed - so much so that today we have VIRTUALLY NO middle class. Just the uber-rich and the uber-poor. And I mentioned the WEALTH DISPARITY. Now a rich person MIGHT (?) NOT MIND being at the top of the totem pole. But, social instability could hurt them also. One can imagine the social instability in France just before the French Revolution and the guillotine! People in 1975 IMAGINED that each next generation would be better off than the current. That IS NOT the case today! We are now around 30th in qualities like upward mobility worldwide and general quality of life. Even the UK is around 11th in upward mobility. The US cannot continue much longer with a society consisting of Uber-rich and uber-poor only. We no longer have real active capitalism - now we have Corporate and elitist Socialism. And it is firmly etched into law!!!!!!!!!
Well, the truth is that we DO have a thriving middle class. It may have shrunk a bit, but this is nothing at all like the dichotomy that preceded the French and Russian revolutions. Not even close. Heck, our welfare recipients have a higher standard of living than most countries. If you think there is no middle class, just look at 130,000 of your neighbors here in TV. Do you classify them all as either "uber-rich" or "uber-poor".
The only reason life expectancy is shorter (by a month or two) is the higher rate of infant mortality, which has to do with how we count infant deaths as opposed to the rest of the world. And infant mortality is higher due to increased drugs and drinking by pregnant women.

PS: Thanks again for the personal insult, I really appreciate it