That America and its way of life are ending, there is not the slightest doubt. But for what reason, and in what manner, and what can possibly come next? What happens in the gap between two worlds, when the new is only dimly glimpsed like a far shore in the night, and the old is disappearing so fast there seems to be no solid ground remaining? ...
Is it gone then, this whole shape of a world? We welcome its passing. Is this the future rushing towards us? We must ready ourselves.
