[lisper]

> We started off well

I'm not sure that's true. We started off with slavery.

Then we had a civil war.

Then we had Jim Crow.

Then we had disco. ;-)

America has always had problems. We just have a tendency to forget about them and focus on the positive aspects of the past. (I think reasonable people can disagree on the merits of this approach.)

[deathhand]

Fair point but as it relates to technology.. we can't progress if things hold us back. Wealth inequality being the greatest thing doing so.