To be honest, the average American in the 70's couldn't afford that house, car, clothes, etc. but the minimum bar to "keep up with the Joneses" was much lower and, in particular, realistically achievable for the family of a typical working-man...
Sure, sincere questions are always allowed. Especially in Clown World. But the firestorm of hatred directed at Erika after Charlie Kirk's most-public murder is not "questions". Those are assertions. Baseless assertions.
Most of the threat goes away if dangerous things are physically disconnected from the Internet. People will say it ain't that easy. But if their programs don't run at all when disconnected from the net, that's a bug to the end user. The only a...