Comments by "worn down" (@worndown8280) on "America is the New Rome" video.

Are there individuals who have this happen, yes. Are the majority due to things they cannot control, no. Most Americans dont even have $1000.00 in the bank, let alone 6 months savings that everyone should. That is a choice. Perhaps ones family isnt optimal, well get roommates. There are always options. If you think life is hard now, I mean this is peak humanity. Never has it been easier to be push or pulled from your mothers womb and to go through life and climb into a grave well past ones best years. For the modern American the first 20 years one is generally a dependent on your biological family. And when one turns 65, or now 67, you become a dependent of the state. So most will only need to be independent for what 30 odd years? And most Americans find some sort of system to pull their way through with minimal effort. Most people dont lack freedom. They lack any sense of personal responsibility.
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@lukem21 You can say no. A lot of us do. But that requires a lot of blood and sweat. And double the amount of personal responsibility.
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@worldlinkk it's not even about working harder. It's about being more competitive and being more productive. Some people just can't. And that's why we created a social welfare program. But then you have the people that won't. Those that won't are the problem.
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@skepticalextraterrestrial2971 one can imagine many things. Doesn't make them so.
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@worldlinkk you would be incorrect in your worker productivity estimation. The US isn't even in the top 5. Imagine all the other faulty assumptions I can find in the rest of your post.
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@skepticalextraterrestrial2971 I suppose your comment is too.
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Rome could have lasted indefinitely had no other groups came along to pull its rotting bones down. Who will pull America down? There is no one. Not to mention global demography being what it is. America and Rome may share the same paths, but the worlds they are in are much much different.
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@chuckhoyle1211 You can hardly blame the boomers for the system that was set up, they didnt created it. Though its unfortunate they didnt try harder to fix it. I really hate saying this, the only person who tried to fix it since Reagan and O'Neal kept social security on its feet in the 80s, was Bush in the mid 2000s. I was never a fan of Bush, but he was the only one who had the sense to see what is coming with SSI, Medicare and Medicaid. Every other politician just seems to want to throw more people into those systems not understanding they are already about to break. But I suppose it doesnt matter now. It will be interesting to see what happens when the budget gets discussed.
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@lukem21 it is. I'm sorry if you disagree. But that is your choice. But every choice comes with consequences.
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@juniorjames7076 why do you say that? And what does any of that have to do with the current conversation? Enlighten me?
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