Publisher's Synopsis
What's next for the USA after the US military has become more diverse than the society it protects? The Pentagon has accomplished this by force of law but also through its requirement that orders be obeyed. US civil society lags far behind the US military in this respect. Other issues examined in this book include the new colonialism of individuals through digital means and genetic engineering. In one essay the question is asked: Who Matters? Who assigns guilt for the crimes of history? The pernicious aspects of the Identity Culture are discussed. Those who refuse the reeducation camps with legitimate concerns about prevailing cultural trends are pilloried or cast out like lepers. Commentary within the title on the presidential campaign asserts that Trump an Clinton are more like Captain Klutz (Mad Magazine) and Cruella (101 Dalmatians) rather than human beings. Hillary has taken the Oval Office but Trump followers and disoriented Sanders supporters will be her version of the great white whale Moby-Dick. What to do when, as president, you can't get people to work, children go hungry, the society is fragmenting and infrastructure is collapsing and the war on terror turned out to be a bust which the people did not support? You start a war everyone can rally around. Can Starship Troopers be far away? We would all do better if we practiced what Pope Francis preaches daily. An essay on that topic is included in this text along with other selections from 2015-2016.
