I've always been interested from a historical perspective why this is. But you summed it up pretty well from which a point of view I never thought of....

And you're right it sounds like we are in the midst of it right now... sucks...


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Personally, I don't mind giving them 50% of the internet -- 75% of it is BS anyway.

Empires last on average 200 years. England, France, Russia, Rome, Egypt... They eat themselves when their consumption outpaces their production, an economic law of entropy. Our days at the grownup's table are numbered, it appears.