I see a lot of things right now. I see a lot of things falling apart in the not-too-distant future. Things like business practices which weren’t ever really thought out to begin with. Childish fixes to complex problems which somehow became permanent fixtures, and then failed us. Whatever, it was more cost-effective.

One thing I don’t see failing right now though. One thing I see growing stronger as a result of all of this: the American worker. And I’m talking about - like - the **aRCHETYPAL sYMBOL**™ of the American worker, in all its glory. I mean, really, we’ll probably have no choice. It won’t just be a fashion thing, although it will become that too. The media always runs to reflect down upon the people the aesthetic which supports the paradigm and power-base of the dominant members of that society.

And even better, we already have this American worker aesthetic pre-built into our culture. All we have to go do is back through and activate it with all the symbols already hooked into it: striking visual images like Rosie the Riveter. Classic Depression era photos of men at the Wheel of Industry, bent almost as if in prayer. Expect similarly Herculean imagery.

Localization means having to deal with one fairly static workforce for food production and light manufacturing, likely a strong return to powerful local labor unions and the social-politics which inevitably go along with them.

America’s future is Green, Green Industry, Green Agribusiness: supporting local communities, exporting specialty items, regional culture and excess food to other continents. At the heart of such a radical re-organization stands squarely the work-a-day American, in all his glory. Should be an interesting couple decades.