"So me and mine can lay down and die so that you can live in your perfect world?"

There are always casualties of progress.

"We cannot simply kill you, someone would take your place. That is the problem with creating martyrs."

People die in the name of change, trying to teach the world something. Often they are first tortured in order to coerce those people to stop making ludicrous claims. But they have found it important that the Earth is indeed round, that it orbits the Sun, that people have the right to choose what they believe in. Most importantly, they have found it important to stay true to themselves, whatever the cost. Some become more famous, some we hardly ever hear about. Unfortunately, martyrs are not the only casualties of change.

"I suppose your father lost his job to a robot. I don't know, maybe you would have simply banned the Internet to keep the libraries open."

It is a kind of natural selection - whoever cannot keep up with the changes, does not make it. Whether we are talking about the collateral damage of some bloody revolution or just the natural development of technology, someone always gets stepped on. Someone becomes redundant, someone's contribution to society becomes inconsequential, someone will have to respecialize to stay afloat. You have to keep up with the times, use modern technology to aid you in your work. Otherwise you risk becoming obsolete, which is what often happens to the elderly. Pretty much every employee is now expected to know a thing or two about using computers, the basics of office software, get along with Windows. Being obsolete means being inefficient, and employers tend not to keep inefficient staff around for very long. Granted, there are numerous exceptions, but that is not the efficient way to do things.

Changes in our everyday world do not come without hurt. It is a cruel, but necessary process. You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs. To move forward, to change the world for the better, you have to make sacrifices. Because while we can never know what the future brings, we know that it is always born in pain.