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Misslizard
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06 May 2013, 9:56 am

Kraichgauer wrote:
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^^^seems logical,I bet the poor peasants would have loved a wheel barrow.
I use mine all the time,getting wood to the house,etc....


Like any new invention, I would imagine the first people to make use of the wheel were the rich.

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:lol: Yes,the first thing they would do is try to get someone else to push it for them for a low wage or by force.Then they would sip their version of a piña colada and watch and boss.


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06 May 2013, 10:28 am

I think it entirely possible that there will be another civil war in America within the next 50 years, especially if the U.S. continues to decline. The government, made up of politicians who represent the corporations that finance them, has managed to divide the people almost perfectly 50/50 into Republicans and Democrats who increasingly loathe and blame each other for all the nation's many ills. Eventually all those deluded (and poorly educated) souls will rise up, not against their corrupt government, but against one other. Maybe someone desires that outcome, but more likely it is just a side effect of the greed and short-sightedness our culture so highly values.