I'd settle for just training most things not to poop in my yard. Whatever that takes.

Absolutely untrue.

While the distribution is not close to "even", the "poor" (at least in the United States) are enjoying a higher quality of life.

Everyone is benefiting, just not evenly.
 

Exactly.

Most "work" is useless busy work now-a-days.

See job title: Social Media Manager.

So what you're saying is the uranium powered bicycle is REALLY dangerous.

If you read the comments to this article you'll see that most of the people leaving comments believe there are no unbiased medical professionals.... well, except for those that agree with them, like the one that wrote the article.

I hope your questions are mostly rhetorical.

It's been coming for a long time and everyone has seen it coming. But the moment someone speaks out against it the Social Crusaders label that person as a racist, sexist, bigot, or privileged white male to silence and shame them.

The Social Equality crusade has been in effect for decades at least.
Things like Affirmative Action are down right discriminatory but are deemed necessary by Social Warriors in the name of Social Justice and/or Equality.

As the abundance of wealth in this country has spread and the sense of self entitlement has grown people have been whipped into a politically correct fervor and there is no sign of slowing down.

Survival of the fittest is now a thing of the past.
We live in a time where there is such an abundance of goods, medicine and food that we can pick and choose who will succeed and on what merit (or lack-thereof).

That's why they are putting more girls in the classes: to attract more nerds, duh.

I feel this same way about my auto mechanic. I'm deeply troubled by the lack of female representation when I take my car in. Something must be done.

Why not? It worked for Affirmative Action.

I think a lot of people that use stuff like Facebook etc will be bummed, but will move onto a pay-to-play service.

Sounds very altruistic, great. So where did the dough to run it come from? Evil corporation or magical fairies?

I run completely free services like this too, right out of my pocket, with zero profit; the money to pay for bandwidth and hosting comes from my day job: a corporation.

It's an arm's race.

FYI, a great way to "defend" your computer is to not intentionally put it on the front-line.

I merely asked a question. I wasn't advocating for the behaviour of the adware companies, blocking or not blocking.

I was simply trying to point out the sense of entitlement that seems to be pervasive.

Everyone seems to jump on the "f*ck the evil corporate profit monger" bandwagon, but no one ever seems to think about who's going to keep the lights on.

Like that blog site? Guess what?
That guy blogging needs to eat, pay his rent and provide for his family. How is he going to pay for that: with high ideals? I think not.

Ok, too small.
Fox News, CNN, take your pick. Some big news site.
Those evil f*ckers are spamming you with ads and malware.
Guess what? There's some guy working as a blogger/sysadmin/toilet cleaner/take your pick that needs to provide for his family.

See where this is going?

Again, I'm not advocating for, or against. Just pointing out that we need to put things in perspective.

This is exactly the entitlement mentality that puts said evil corporation in an arm's race to beat your technology and become more intrusive in the first place.

They feel entitled to make a profit by any means necessary, while you feel entitled to their content or service by any means necessary.

The point is obviously lost on you. No one is advocating that; I was, and still am pointing out that everything comes at a cost. You can't have it both ways.

Good luck only buy from companies, or even private parties for that matter, that don't expect to make profit.

Unfortunately they are the only ones that probably pay well enough to generate profit. I know, profit is evil. But yeah, it will kind of be your problem when the "free" content or service you get used to using is no longer available.
This is what makes subscription services great (no ads) but then everyone complains about the prices of the subscription, again evil corporate profit.

Clearly. The operating entity of the site owes you their content.

Personally, I'll take the good with the bad as not every situation is so black and white and weigh in the "real" price of said services.