The “blame {some new technology} on the downfall of society” racket is getting old.
People aren’t _feeling sexy_ because of the smart phone. People aren’t feeling sexy because they _lack the time_ to invest in these relationships. Technology and automation innovation of the 80s and 90s promised us shorter work weeks, stable pay, more security, better prosperity.
Yet labor/workers have the opposite in this “modern” economy. A majority of people in the US are working multiple jobs just to support themselves and family. Healthcare is out of reach for many people due to the obscene price fixing scandal known as health insurance.
Wages for labor has stagnated since the 80-90s. While corporate profits have reached all time highs and US govt gets bent for the rich by giving them tax cuts. Subsequently, public programs and safety net programs get cut. An increasing number of _middle class workers_ are getting left behind and we have collectively done nothing about it.
I’ll re-iterate. The awful neoliberal economics this country’s policy is the reason why people don’t _feel sexy_ anymore. This is the true downfall of society and a once great country.
> The “blame {some new technology} on the downfall of society” racket is getting old.
Same old, see Socrates circa 400 BC railing against reading and writing:
"and now you, who are the father of letters, have been led by your affection to ascribe to them a power the opposite of that which they really possess. For this invention will produce forgetfulness in the minds of those who learn to use it, because they will not practice their memory. Their trust in writing, produced by external characters which are no part of themselves, will discourage the use of their own memory within them. You have invented an elixir not of memory, but of reminding; and you offer your pupils the appearance of wisdom, not true wisdom, for they will read many things without instruction and will therefore seem to know many things, when they are for the most part ignorant and hard to get along with, since they are not wise, but only appear wise."
People aren’t _feeling sexy_ because of the smart phone. People aren’t feeling sexy because they _lack the time_ to invest in these relationships. Technology and automation innovation of the 80s and 90s promised us shorter work weeks, stable pay, more security, better prosperity.
Yet labor/workers have the opposite in this “modern” economy. A majority of people in the US are working multiple jobs just to support themselves and family. Healthcare is out of reach for many people due to the obscene price fixing scandal known as health insurance.
Wages for labor has stagnated since the 80-90s. While corporate profits have reached all time highs and US govt gets bent for the rich by giving them tax cuts. Subsequently, public programs and safety net programs get cut. An increasing number of _middle class workers_ are getting left behind and we have collectively done nothing about it.
I’ll re-iterate. The awful neoliberal economics this country’s policy is the reason why people don’t _feel sexy_ anymore. This is the true downfall of society and a once great country.