I disagree Derid, USA project stagnated and set humanity back many generations. We could have easily got to Mars now, and/or had 100% clean nuclear energy and so on. Progress has to be directed toward these ends, or our civilization will run out of runway and there won't be second chances. Natural resources are finite, and once they start running out it will be civilization-destroying war, and not rationing and sustainable living like some flower children imagine it would play out.

Instead, inordinate amount of resources wasted on conspicuous consumption by 0.01%s and bread and circuses for the rest. In 60s US landed astronauts on the moon. It is almost 2020 now, where the fuck is our sustainable Mars base and push for the asteroid mining expeditions? With a long view it doesn't really matter if masses are oppressed or not, the humanity project can move forward either way. United States worked for some time, just like Rome worked for some time... but it isn't working anymore in pushing us ahead.

If real life was Civilization game, whoever is driving this thing fell asleep on the next turn button sometime around mid last century.

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