Face the Future

By David Rayd

The good ol' US of A has moved dramatically away from the culture that arose after the last great war. Out, we demanded, with the bad. In, we demanded, with the b- , uh, good.

God, country and family, three motivating forces once upon a time, nowadays get rotated in significance depending on one's mood; that is, if all three even make the cut.

So on the ball we are nowadays, we do go on and on about the good things we want done (on somebody else's dime, that is). America, indeed, is at a junction, but is anyone of significance at the wheel?

Two roads up ahead. No matter the course, will you be ready to Face the Future?

• Language: English
• Publisher: David Rayd
• Release date: Feb 1, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301316595

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Face the Future

By

David Rayd

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Face the Future

Copyright © 2013 by David Rayd

This book is a work of pseudo-nonfiction. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, events or locales is purely whimsical. The characters and events are bastardizations of probable realities.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introductions

To the Present, America

Two Approaching Hypothetical Futures: Newtopia or Dysmaltopia

Robust or Bust, the health of our American citizens

Technological Advances

Cultural Stewing

Environmental Concerns

The Safety Net

Novel Lifestyle Trends

Hollywood Entertainment, circa the 21st century and beyond

Tailpieces

Acknowledgements:

Me, myself and I. All three of you, thank you for being so special.

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Introductions:

Hey, how are you? How’s the family? Great, I don’t care. Now that we’ve got the introductions out of the way, let’s get down to biznezz.

To the Present, America

America, at the dawn of this new century, had leapt light years from its uniform and un-stimulating culture that arose from the ashes of the depression and WWII. Remarkably so changed, out we threw the bath water (institutional racism, sexism, gender-ism and Fonzi-ism); alas, we also tossed the baby, too: Clinginess to God, Country, family and virtue, and sexual probity . . . at least in our public lives.

Now, privately and publically, it would seem everyone is in it for themselves: Me, then family second -- fragmented as they are nowadays. Next comes Country, hardly more than a geographical expression, but a very expensive one, to future generations, that is. Our day to day habits would make Oliver Wilde blush: Modern sex has