Sunday, July 10, 2016

The future is a destination, not an optional amusement park.

The future has been lost in the USA. First World countries have been using high speed rail for at least a decade. Auto manufacturers are ready for the future in ventures that take ownership away form consumers and places all the profits of manufacturing AND rental/sharing cars in their treasuries as well.

There is nothing wrong with that if it provides the consumer to refuse auto ownership by increasing disposable income for a better quality of life or the much ignored American Dream of home ownership. 

The USA has missed the boat and employed poor judgement in passing NAFTA as well as abandoning "moral imagination" and opting for stagnation.

There hasn't been 'a future' in the USA for at least four decades. Somehow Americans thought computers were the only future they needed to understand and purchase. 

One of the reasons the future got lost is because of the grossly unfair treatment of innovation. The best example is Tesla cars. Auto dealers came up with all kinds of objections in New Jersey when Tesla wanted to market the car without a showroom. Really? 

The USA has been STUCK in old world capitalism. The USA and it's antiquated lawmakers in Washington, DC abandoned the future and instead of embracing the problems facing the USA and solving them, they let old ways and old priorities take precedent.

An entire generation of Americans had no jobs after the 2008 global economic collapse and there were very valid reasons for that. The Old Guard in Washington, DC believes population growth will take care of any needs for future employment. Not at $7.00 an hour, it won't.

The USA needs it's future back. It is up to young Americans to create their own reality. They want a future with promise. They want clean air, clean water and a safe climate for their future. It is high time the USA look at the future as a destination rather than a threat.