While I was writing the OP, I was thinking about the years these events took place in. Hence the obvious title.

"Brazil" might have been a superior option, at least in terms of predicted outcomes. Still, so few people read my nonsense these days, that it might not have gotten as many forum members to bother to read it. One can only speculate.

In a very real sense, our culture will become compost in the future. The only question is what, if anything, might grow from it.