Mad Magazine Proudly salutes American industry...June 1972, issue 151. a personal fav IN ‘72! Dei, equal opportunity or whatever the term du jour is didn’t just happen overnight. a good friend summed up perfectly what the major problem in these United States of America is in One Word over 40 years ago...Mediocrity. there are still some who choose to try to be their very best but mostly very few even try to be outstanding in their field. except maybe those who ARE standing in their field. like farmers. most just want to be adequate but either can’t or won’t push the proverbial envelope to be better. society today seems to wants everyone to strive for mediocrity so the slackers and less bright don’t have to work so hard. don’t believe me, just look around.
Mediocrity slowly became ingrained in American culture as the link between financial compensation and productive human activity was broken.
Once we got to the point where people can "earn" more money on welfare than they can by working, it is only a matter of time before the pillars of our civilization will be crumbling.