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| Joe Bakewell. |
CAN IT BE?
Is it possible that, as a society, we have everything we need in one form or another? Transportation, housing, food, entertainment, communication, and anything else you can think of?
Of course, the benefits are not properly or fairly distributed, and there’s room for performance improvement in every category. For transportation, think all electric, self-driving cars. I can hardly wait.
Even when our economy is not growing in the classic way, competition insures improvement. I remember that, as a child during the Great Depression, I looked forward to seeing each year’s new car offerings, featuring some new, must have, technology.
Given the current state of our political and social world, it’s understandable that we are now focused on social issues. By their nature, these divide us, as individuals, groups, and nations. In the U.S. we’ve struggled for years and still haven’t fixed inequality and race.
Why can’t our so-called democracy allow us to work out our differences, our mutually recognized problems?
Is it Tribalism, driven by our politicians and media? Do we all harbor a secret desire to hate? Have we gone too long without using democracy, allowing others to push us aside?
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