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Lori's avatar

I am not there yet with the ship having sailed. I have full faith in the American people and others around the world. We can deal with shortages and will be more frugal. There are other nuclear scientists that will fill their spots. They are not the only ones. If our lights go off, we can deal with that too. We are resilient. If we weren't, this country would have never succeeded in its founding and development. If we have even 1/4 of the chutzpah our forefathers had, we got this. It is stoppable. It may take a while and appear impossible, but it is not. As a wise sage once said, "And this too shall pass." And as Steve Perry once belted out, "Don't stop believin'".

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Orca's avatar

You are way too optimistic. People are losing livelihoods and pensions over an endemic disease. 'Believin' is plain naivete. Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, and many top notched builders and scientists are not replaceable. Many important products you take for granted today came from key individuals. Yes, 99% is replaceable. But without that 1% you have nothing.

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Lori's avatar

Yes I am and I have hope. Glad to be this way. I am one that has lost her livelihood so I am quite aware of the current situation as it is. No naivete here. But I will not give up and hold my head high. The world in all its turmoil is still a beautiful and wondrous place and I am grateful for it. We are all replaceable, even those you mention. Others will follow. They are not the end all be all. There have always been key individuals in history and there always will be. I will respectfully disagree with your 1% opinion.

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Orca's avatar

Imagine LA Lakers without LaBron James. Where would New England Patriots be without Tom Brady? People are literally losing their retirement savings over an endemic disease. Where is the public outrage? We are living in a very dark time. "Don't stop believin'" is surrender.

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Lori's avatar

I can very easily imagine someone else with as much talent in their places. Don't stop believin' for me is not surrender. If we want outrage, why not band together and start protesting as hard and non stop as the left side. I have already done so in my community.

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Richard A's avatar

Only thing is I'd PREFER the LA Lakers w/o LaBron James. I don't like him.

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Candis's avatar

Truth. Less than 10% of any enterprise always carry the rest of an organization.

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Candis's avatar

Yeah, "Progressive" minded, fully vaxxed, affirmative action, bought and paid for "scientists" will fill those spots.

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Lori's avatar

Perhaps...but life has a strange way of surprising you sometimes. As for me, I am continuing to stay optimistic.

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Candis's avatar

I agree that optimism is the way to go, but it can cloud things over in critical situations and when the clouds lift...

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Lori's avatar

Optimism does not mean you are deaf, dumb or blind in critical situation in my humble opinion. It is a state of mind encouraging perseverance, commitment and promise and it sure beats negativity!

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