Here, as a gesture of good faith I'll attempt to do what you're asking event though you won't extend the same courtesy:
First things first. Let’s address the mistake you keep promoting. I don’t tout MAGA. I am just not offended by MAGA. So, you thinking I need to defend a campaign slogan that I neither promote nor decry is you just being bossy.
I think America has been great, as I mentioned. And, I do not entertain your and other’s fear mongering that the term means focus on the evils of the past.
You and other have been immature about the term and purposefully, because you want to scare and shame.
So, when you pretend I have not extended a like courtesy, it is a mistake. MAGA neither drives nor scares me. It’s just a campaign slogan.
Technological advancements continue to be made, increasing productivity and devaluing labor. From tractors doing the work of many men and horses to AI aggregating and analyzing data much better than the people who used to. As the percentage of work able to be done by automation increases the percentage of work to be done by humans decreases. Eventually it will decrease far enough that you have massive swathes of the populace simply unemployable through no fault of their own, they're just rendered obsolete as machines can do what they did better for cheaper. What happens to our society as the economic value that used to be generated by workers, and so shared with them, is now generated entirely by machines? We have to tackle these problems now or things will keep spiraling out of control.
Labor is valued, it just will not be able to compete. I agree that this is going to be a workforce problem. You act as if, however, America cannot be great before this becomes a problem. You act as if greatness can only be achieved upon this hurdle. And, you avoid the solution. Are you suggesting an entitled class that simply does not work, because of automation? If so, how would that be “great?”
As the Founders said, we are all created equal. We're all born naked and helpless onto this floating rock in space. We are handed no instruction manual, no rulebook. We simply exist and have to reckon with what that means. This gets into foundational philosophy and epistemology and physics and religion. Basically everything in the known universe. A little expansive for a message board. But any questions you want to know ask away. I always appreciate genuine discourse on religious/philosophical questions when this thread gives it.
Priorities. There are finite resources on this rock and the political discussion we're having is about how best to allocate them, right? Not just to consume them until they're gone and that's it.
We and the Founders knew that individuals are not created equal. You admit as much with the concern you stated above.
When the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, it was a call for the right to statehood rather than individual liberties, says Stanford historian Jack Rakove. Only after the American Revolution did people interpret it as a promise for individual equality.
news.stanford.edu
So, greatness depends upon limiting consumption? How do you propose to do that?
Ther is nothing about your idea of government restricting people that is aligned with the Founders. You give them lip service, but you don’t trust them or agree with them. You just improperly use them in your script to promote a country they would not recognize or appreciate.