Re: the future long term financial apocalypse of the USA

On 03/06/2024 05.21, The Horny Goat wrote:

On Sat, 1 Jun 2024 14:51:14 -0500, "Michael F. Stemper"
<michael.stemper@gmail.com> wrote:
 

Yes. Actual power lies in the hands of those who can make and do
things. People who only consume, and don't produce, exist by the
tolerance of the former.

I really wonder whether the ObSFW for this is the "A", "B", and "C" Arks of
the Golgafrinchans or the road operators/mechanics in RAHS' "The Roads
Must Roll".

 Didn't RAH himself say "The Roads Must Roll" was a political satire to
make the point that those that maintain our critical systems were
pretty darned important?

He might have, but I'm not aware of such a statement. That's the opposite
of my take-away, which was more like this:
<https://www.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/~cslui/JOKE/leader.html>
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Michael F. Stemper
The name of the story is "A Sound of Thunder".
It was written by Ray Bradbury. You're welcome.