"SMTP has outlived its usefulness" (was: Forwarding services)

And this could well be why America is in such a mess - Freedom - in *practice* - means the rich have the freedom to do whatever they like. The poor (the majority) just suffer in silence.

And this is why khim - much as I hate to agree with him - may well be right that traditional liberal democracy is doomed. Don't forget - it hasn't been around very long! Dunno about other countries, but Britain only gained an *approximation* of democracy when the "Rotten Boroughs" were abolished. ?1850s? Then we had male emancipation - voting was opened to all men over 35 rather than just landowners. Modern democracy only came with the emancipation of women, and the removal of power from the Lords to the Commons, after the first world war.

America loves to say "Government of the people, by the people, for the people", but that only works for the middle class. When jobs were plentiful, and wages were high (the 1850s-ish? the 1950s-ish) it was a boom time for democracy. Now, with wage inequality ever growing, disposable income for most people shrinking, etc etc, democracy is in severe danger.

Although personally the end of democracy is not my worst fear. Given Trump's desire for oil (his attacks on Venezuela and Greenland), and his and America's general disdain for Scientific, Rational thought, I suspect even in our lifetimes we will have much more serious things to think about. Climate change is now unstoppable and running away I think. Agriculture is likely to collapse, leading to global famine. Our NHS is on the verge of collapse, and if the rest of the world is similar we could be heading for a wave of pandemics ...

And the biggest killer likely hiding in the wings? Asthma! The concentration of CO2 has doubled since the start of the industrial revolution. It could easily double again - or more. Will our lungs be able to evolve fast enough?

Sorry for being such a Cassandra ...

Cheers,
Wol