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Back in the first half of the previous century it was insanely easy to make good money. It’s because we made steel and manufactured everything in the world. And because automation was highly limited and there was nowhere to outsource to relatively speaking. It was a miracle. I’m not sure things will ever be as good as that again.

But that era left people with this crazy entitlement as if it were normal for things to be so good. Historically it is not normal I think.

When I look around I see a ton of stupid people but very few jobs that are well suited to stupid people. Now it’s normal for stupid people to go to college in a humanity and get a job in some kind of administrative role. It seems like the world is being infected with stupid people. With welfare and modern medicine and technology, the only thing that is required for genetic proliferation is a pulse. I often feel uncomfortable about where all this is headed. Especially because it seems like people who point out this “idiocracy “ effect don’t ever seem to get any traction.

[tapatio]

I disagree. WW2 allowed us to become a powerhouse. We produced for the entire world. Europe rebuilt and now we have actual competitors. It’s a race to the bottom now.

[danzig13]

And because all those “stupid” people showed they were capable problem solvers not to be fucked with during wartime.