Tuesday, April 03, 2012

The Biggest Issue of the Future Is...

The end of employment. I've been casually thinking about this for awhile now, but it's pretty obvious to me there are simply not enough decent jobs to support a large middle class in America anymore.

Forget Islamic Fundamentalism, which at worst, will dirty nuke one of our cities until we butt out of their business and cause oil to be priced sky high. Other than the 1% chance of such an occurrence, I imagine it will be more of a nuisance than existential threat. Forget environmentalism, which will take many generations to see a significant impact (if we cannot find technological solutions prior).

I am most concerned with the end of the middle class employment, which, coupled with the skyrocketing costs of healthcare, housing, and education will cause severe social unrest and affect families at a core level.

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