And jobs are so stable, and give great benefits.

40 years of a recession will do that to a society. An entire generation fucked.

It’s like the 80s all over again; Neo-Nazi’s, bad adult VHS movies, drug epidemic, Trump.

Good luck finding a condo. Plus all the fees of moving and taxes.

Exactly. Where will they move to? Most older people want to stay in the neighborhood that they grew up in. It’s not like an 80 year old will be selling their house in suburban Long Island to find a cheap room in rural Alaska.

One problem is trying to discern people who have truly religious beliefs, vs. people that are lazy lairs.

I think Trump supporters that talk of him being chosen by God are lazy lairs. They have a racist world view, can’t justify it, so bring God into the argument. They have no real interest into looking deeply at questions or reality; they laugh at those that do.

I think that there is a place in the human brain that is responsible for ‘spirituality’. Attempts at stimulating it can produce deep religious thoughts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_helmet

Maybe it evolved as a buffer to store random ideas we couldn’t comprehend. Maybe as a social creator we need a section of our brain to produce spiritual ideas, to help with social cohesion?

Your last paragraph can describe almost any time period in human history.

It is scary to see such a historic shift in sentiment. No amount of lawsuits will turn this back around. The problem is not the intellectuals, but that you can’t controll a dumb mob. This will not end well.

Maybe 1% of 1% of people would actual play with their cars and tune them. Even then, most wouldn’t make the cars into polluting machines.

It’s called walking, better than any car. Having cars in major cities is so stupid. And before you say contractors need to have trucks, sure the do. But, I’m tired of companies sending out service vehicles to make almost 200 mile round trips, just so the competitor doesn’t get the job.

Many people will simply abandon their desktops and laptops, and strictly use their smartphone.