Can you name a present-day country which isn't?

No, not Sweden where 40% of the population have been employed in some way by the Wallenberg family and its corporations in recent times. The other Nordic countries are not as egalitarian as they are presented either.

A government's main responsibility is to protect and fund itself. All the rest is secondary in real terms. I know it shouldn't be that way.

The difference is that back then we were talking a few jobs here and there. Now we are talking about the majority of work being automated, from accountancy to zoo keeping, and very little in the way of new jobs coming in to replace them.

By the way stable hands and night soil collectors are still around. Just a bit harder to find. We used to have a septic tank that had to be emptied by workmen every so often. Pretty much the same.

You're talking about physical weakness which can be caused by non-genetic factors. Such a person may turn out to have a great intellect or other personal quality.

However, the big story in the west is that most sexual congress does not produce babies anymore.

It isn't a vice, it is a means of finding out information. The internet is now so heavily corralled we need alternative outlets.

In theory, if a company has shareholders then it is accountable to them. But in reality, a small shareholder tends to get about as much say as an individual member of the public does with most government departments.

Poe's Law in action.

Does Trump see Greenland as another Alaska?

Great choice. Saw a free screening.