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Students of history have pointed out that an improvement in station and condition across a population as a whole tends to foment rebellion. If the peasants' spirit is kept consistently crushed, there is no threat to the status quo... but give them a taste of prosperity, let them improve their lot in life, and they don't know when to stop. A similar analysis has been made about economic disparity and Depression-style market collapse.
Quite inexplicably, we've got both of these happening at once, it seems. The middle and left of the curve is flattening out while the right side climbs ever higher.
By most accounts I'd say that this period of time is better than most, but I expect for it to get much, much, worse within my lifetime.
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Simple Machines in Higher Dimensions
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