Reply #13: I don't think you're being at all alarmist [View All]

in using the phrase "truly mind-boggling tipping point". The American middle-class has slowly, but steadily, been eroded for the past 30 years. In the 21st century that rate of erosion has gone from "steadily increasing" to what will soon be exponential. We can no longer expect the future to be better, we can only hope and pray.

I'm 57 and I've never felt this grim about the future before. I know, as kids, we were excited about our futures and all the thrilling and wondrous possibilities. Now, the near term future seems more like something we'd like to put off as long as possible. Each year seems somewhat worse than the year before. In the long run that thrilling and wondrous future may still be in store, but I fear the next 20-50 years may be something to be endured rather than enjoyed.