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ER — 9/8/2011 9:09:28 PM (archived)

Sorry if I spoke too brashly, or unfairly. I'm just kind of jaded and bitter about these matters. I had expected colonies on Mars by now, and all I get are more commercials on my Pay TV than there used to be on free TV. Where are all the flying cars? Why don't I see girls in beehive hairdos and plastic miniskirts, and where are my hypersonic airliners, whatever happened to Tomorrowland? We got rid of Jim Crow, but we only got Rush Limbaugh in return.

The future has turned out to be a big disappointment. The technology never game us the glittering New Age it promised, It just gave us McCarthy in HD.

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The end of Pax Americana? - TB - 9/7/2011 3:08:33 PM
- Re: The end of Pax Americana? - BuckGalaxy - 9/8/2011 1:42:43 AM
  - Re: The end of Pax Americana? - ER - 9/8/2011 2:31:17 AM
- Re: The end of Pax Americana? - ER - 9/7/2011 3:34:15 PM
  - It's all very 19th century - Robert - 9/7/2011 9:24:47 PM
    - Re: It's all very 19th century - Eri - 9/8/2011 1:26:52 AM
      - For some of us, though, the leaps are a little too mind-boggling. - Robert - 9/8/2011 7:20:40 PM
        
        Re: For some of us, though, the leaps are a little too mind-boggling. - TB - 9/8/2011 7:26:13 PM
        
        Well, yeah, but young people are by definition immune to future shock, having experienced little of the future so far. - Robert - 9/9/2011 2:28:33 AM
        
        Re: Well, yeah, but young people are by definition immune to future shock, having experienced little of the future so far. - TB - 9/9/2011 4:09:53 AM
    - Re: It's all very 19th century - ER - 9/7/2011 11:30:02 PM
      - History will repeat itself with the Internet? - Robert - 9/8/2011 12:18:33 AM
        
        Re: History will repeat itself with the Internet? - ER - 9/8/2011 2:04:24 AM
        
        One man's "propagandists and political agitators" are another man's "empowered citizenry". - Robert - 9/8/2011 7:16:43 PM
        
        Re: One man's "propagandists and political agitators" are another man's "empowered citizenry". - ER - 9/8/2011 9:09:28 PM
        
        Re: One man's "propagandists and political agitators" are another man's "empowered citizenry". - TB - 9/8/2011 9:46:48 PM
        
        Re: One man's "propagandists and political agitators" are another man's "empowered citizenry". - ER - 9/9/2011 1:34:15 AM
        
        Re: One man's "propagandists and political agitators" are another man's "empowered citizenry". - Robert - 9/9/2011 2:39:56 AM
        
        Re: One man's "propagandists and political agitators" are another man's "empowered citizenry". - ER - 9/10/2011 2:38:26 PM
        
        I'm sorry, ER. - Robert - 9/10/2011 6:12:29 PM
        
        Re: History will repeat itself with the Internet? - TB - 9/8/2011 2:18:53 AM
        
        Re: History will repeat itself with the Internet? - TB - 9/8/2011 12:51:13 AM

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