There is, however, a more recent and pertinent presentation of a grim future. Last year, in her 13th novel, “The Mandibles: A Family, 2029-2047,” Lionel Shriver imagined America slouching into dystopia merely by continuing current practices. The world is not amused, and Americans’ subsequent downward social mobility is not pretty. Eventually social democracies all arrive at the same tipping point: where half the country depends on the other half. Read more from George F. Will’s archive or follow him on Facebook.

Source: Washington Post March 04, 2017 00:37 UTC