Engaging comment and thank you for it.

I said government allowed the demise - fact. I also said they could have prevented it, another fact.

Of course as I explained the root cause is people, it usually is people and only people. One generation had it economically and culturally great. They should have done something to preserve that. Instead they did nothing of the sort.

We have made some progress in other areas sure but in answer to your question you had no choice but to accept tech fascism.