I love that your expressing generous optimism.
While old time conservatism and progressive-isms are already making more of a foothold, the power of mainstream everything else should not be under estimated.
Mainly we are addicted to the 21st century and the Corporate Industrial Complex is in control of how many people think vis a vie related to profit.
Such as the new smartphone coming in 2022 by Elon Musk -the Pi a satellite phone with the option of a chip in your brain to control the phone. Everyone will want one. More of the addictive power of consumer profit blah, blah...
Profit rules despite all else and...