I posted a response on Medium to Umair Haque's article "What Happens After Capitalism?"
He argues that what will happen
is there will be a melding or blending of the two into a new synthesis. I have
bad news, America has been doing this since day one.
This nation was found on two
bed rocks... individual religious freedom and individual business freedom. The
two keep each other in check for the religious side provides the morality to
keep at bay the greed from capitalism taking over.
In my future America, a country
besieged with two great ecological disasters, the nation continues to survive
despite the 40 years of despot presidents. This is because we are Americans
founded on the principals outlined in Preamble of the Constitution.
It is "We the People"
who make this nation happen. We do this every day when we go to work, and every
time we vote.
Do we have our problems? You
bet. Hell, we had a Civil War! We even fought the British twice!
It would take a lot for America
to be wiped off the map. To become like the Roman Empire of old.
No, I don't see this happening
at this point in time.
Not until humanity has reached for
the stars do I see America fading into a quaint country in the backdrop of a multitude
of worlds scattered amongst the heavens.