A blog I frequent argues that like Atlantis, America is set to fall. I agree that we are approaching the end of an age in which the model of civilization exemplified by consumerist industrial America is at an end (see here and here).
“Fall” doesn’t have to be a negative- the underlying dream of America as a country founded not on blood ties but on the idea of a place where people are free to become the best version of themselves will always be with us.
But, we have some serious housecleaning to do because we’ve let our worst instincts run amok- the public arena is dominated by our collective shadow, an id that is out of control like a teenager on a coke binge. THAT’S the America I expect to fall and we are all in for surprises as the end of that America unfolds.
We can still prevent the pain if only we could agree on the problem but any agreement in our fragmented collective consciousness seems farther away than ever. We analyze, deconstruct and converse to win rather than build a common vision of where we are and where we want to go as a people.
So we are going to get some outside help?