Signs of a Dying Empire

[Warren Dew]

(09-15-2017, 03:43 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: The slogan "Make America Great Again" exemplifies a folly. Imagine a time machine. So I am 61 in 1927 and I get to see the world of 2017. Of course there would be much that would upset me, like technologies that would seem magical.  It might upset me more that the automobiles that are in use in 2017 are impossible for me to do minor service work upon. But I would see a world safer, more just, and with more potential of personal choice. Would I have the arrogance to bring someone back to some alleged Good Old Days? I doubt it. I might see good and bad in social change.

Just because you personally wouldn't prefer 1927 doesn't mean others wouldn't.  For my part, magical technologies are a plus, but there's far less personal choice in 2017 than in 1927.

That said, I think what Trump is looking for is close to America in the decade after the Cold War.