remembering America

Have you ever wondered how people will remember America? As the empire that rose from a distant European colony and prospered after it removed the natives? As a nation that lived above its means and spent money it did not have? A realm that bloomed because of cheap oil and became so utterly addicted and dependent on that oil that its entire foreign policy was dictated by oil wars? As a people that elevated senseless consumerism to a new religion? A fat overindulgent mass behaving like a bunch of undisciplined teens wreaking havoc on the environment and wasting resources as if there were no tomorrow? Zombies brainwashed by never-ending commercials, urging them to spend and spend more, to consume and consume more, to trash and trash more?