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Originally Posted by SailinAway
I've been wondering if maybe the best parts of my life are behind me, and the future could be just a battle for survival against these events over which we have so little individual control. That's sort of a bleak thought.
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We "peaked" as a society between the time JFK got elected and when we put a man on the moon.
Since then the population has gotten dumber, people have become obese, and all respect for our institutions has gone out the window.
Politically there is no consensus, no middle ground on anything, let alone a pandemic.
The dream is over.
"Beam me up, Scottie, there's no intelligent life down here!"