As I get older, in the reality that is our world...
It might not have been clear to me 30 years ago, when I was too stupid to see what was really going around me... But it is now.
I hope I am wrong, but I see a pretty dramatic period of social unrest heading our way (the western world in general.) At the very minimum, the complete dissolution of any tolerance among those of "incompatible" ideology. If it wasn't obvious enough that the very idea of cooperation is a dying concept, we as a society have not yet stopped beating the dying horse. Apparently, it cannot be dead enough for most people. The unrest is encouraged to amplify itself without concern for the inevitable conclusion this draws us towards. Nobody seems to see where this approach will lead. This worries me.
So I am shielding myself from it. Moving to a place where the people around me are already living in a way that not only encourages, but is partially dependent upon, people working with each other. When the morons end it for themselves, I like to think me and my friends here are enough engaged with their respective communities to make sure we persevere.
The stupid won't win. Let's just hope we live through the final temper-tantrum.