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[idiosyncreant]

My Boss to Me, yesterday: There is hope for America! Slim chance, but there is hope!

Me, inside my own head, as I am "discreet": Sorry. There really isn't.

Obama, Palin, Elvis, The Return of Arthur (yeah, that's for England, I know), it doesn't matter. The problems are all the way through the system and it will not be remedied by anything but...well. Not good intentions.
History doesn't work that way. There is hope for every person and community (not town, understand, but human community group) and there is a lot still that can be managed in the shadow of a great economic civilization's demise.
But that's what we have here. The economic civilization of the good ole US of A is probably over.

If you're thinking this came out of nowhere for me, book-blogger and fantasy scribbler...well, I've been stewing a long time. I think about stuff like this all the time, I just haven't blogged it yet.

I am looking forward, somewhat to see what culture develops to be the Titan in the world next. It probably won't run on jets and diesel trucks. Will it build a spider's web of trains and tunnels? Will there be ballooning? I don't know.

But the future is coming, and the future isn't America. Not like we think of it, at least.


Calm disagreements and discussion are welcome, but note *priggish tone creeps in* there was no finger-pointing in my post or polemic/hysteria/sensationalism. Go and do likewise.

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[remus-shepherd.livejournal.com]

"If you believe in a better world, you are morally obligated to destroy this one."

That was the tagline for the best villain I ever wrote. I should resurrect him. :)

You Should!

[idiosyncreant.livejournal.com]

Oh see, that's kinda the creed my superHEROES are living by. I swear, no sedition intended! *is a liar*

This is not so much in World Domination 101, but in the direction the sequels are coming together to have...
What a wonderful YA author I'm turning out to be, right?