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The Years Ahead
by Martin Green
The year was 2000. Professor Ernst Bottomly, the noted historian, had just returned home after a meeting with his publishers. The meeting had not gone well.He put down the briefcase containing his manuscript and sank down into a living room chair. His wife Mary came into the room.
You look tired, she said. Was it a difficult meeting?
You could say that.
Theyll publish your book, wont they?
They want a lot of modifications. They say a lot of the predictions I make about the years ahead are too far out and will make their company look foolish.
Like what?
Well, I say that some political outsider like Donald Trump might become president.
Donald Trump president. Well, you have to admit thats pretty outlandish.
I know it seems so now but I think the way things are going in Washington its a possibility.
What are some of the others?
Well, I say that therell be a lot of people wholl think our country is terrible, that, for one thing, our society is racist through and through.
Oh, I dont think so. Theres a lot more to do but havent we made a lot of progress?
Theyll say it isnt enough, that its systemic. You know thereve been some incidents; therell also be a movement to defund the police.
Theres a lot of room for improvement, but if the police are defunded wont there be more crime?
Thats what I say will happen. Oh, I also say therell be a movement to tear down statues all over the country. Anyone who was a Civil War hero for the South, of course, starting with Robert E. Lee, but also anyone deemed not pure enough by our modern standards. Even people like Washington and Jefferson. A lot of people will also want to change the names of schools and anything else named for founding founders like Washington and Jefferson.
What about Abraham Lincoln?
He wont be exempt either.
Well, thats ridiculous. Im sure those things wont happen. You should make those changes they want.
You may be right. Ill think about it. Whats for dinner?
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