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They would probably shame the USA's obsession with military defense and terrorist hunting, and how we spend a disproportionate amount of time and money on those endeavors than we do on scientific funding. Of course, there are plenty of people saying that now -- just as there were probably plenty of people decrying 19th century racism -- but the minority voice of reason tends to get drowned out until it becomes the accepted view several generations later.
On a lighter note, perhaps they will find it quaint (or horrifying) that people used to drive their own cars. Maybe one day I'll tell my grandchildren of a time when huge box-like machines rushed by each other on massive expanses of concrete, separated only by painted white lines and contained by crude metal guard rails, killing a million people a year in fiery collisions caused by human error. Additionally, they ran on fossil fuels and pumped out poisonous gases from the rear. Almost everyone owned one!
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huge box-like machines rushed by each other on massive expanses of concrete, separated only by painted white lines and contained by crude metal guard rails, killing a million people a year in fiery collisions caused by human error. Additionally, they ran on fossil fuels and pumped out poisonous gases from the rear. Almost everyone owned one! -When you put it that way, it does sound pretty ridiculous. Along those lines, perhaps they will also find our ability to allow money interests to take precedence over the common good. How could they have allowed fossil fuels to be the primary source of energy for so long?