SOCIOLOGICAL FUTURE OF AMERICA

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Sociological Future of America

America is one of the most socialized and most developed nations of the world, and it is upon this basis that it is considered one of the post-industrial societies. However, there are many suggestions as to what comes next after the post-industrial. Of all the directions like post-modernism and the decline theory, the former seems to apply even more in the American society. It is because the American society, after so much time of growth, is currently having young adults and teenagers who do not have the essential American values and who care less about what it means to be American and how to protect the American dream. Rather the teenagers are just enjoying the benefits of being American (Slater, 2020). Therefore we can argue that sociology will be complicated in the future to a point whereby a person cannot fully grasp what it means to be social. In the end, it will lead to a decline in the way American society lives and how society is blended into one‌ (Parker et al., 2019).

With the current signs of mass shootings among the youths and the very many vices visible among the young generation, it is evident how the future will look. However, it cannot be explicitly determined because there is no explicit certainty. However, it is possible to state that the American social well-being and its togetherness will decline as future individuals delve more into technology and forget how to socialize and have machines doing work for them rather than fellow human beings (Parker et al., 2019). Loneliness is one inevitable characteristic of future America. Therefore, compared to other developing nations, American society is likely to be superseded by those developing nations in terms of its quality of sociological concepts and behavior. Even though economically very stable, there is a likelihood of American society be disintegrated sociologically.

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Slater Kate (2020), The future of America, according to 7 teachers. TODAY.com. Retrieved April 14, 2021, from https://www.today.com/tmrw/future-america-according-7-teachers-t194619

‌Parker, K., Morin, R., & Horowitz, J. M. (2019). Looking to the future, the public sees America in decline on many fronts. Pew Research Center, 21.