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 "...Turning his attention to the other men in the room, Steven leaned back into his comfortable seat and began, “My friends.  The world today does not look too dissimilar from the way it did just seventy years ago.  Oh, to be sure things have changed a bit on the outward technological side of things.
   “Sure, we have more skyscraper apartment complexes that have replaced the once sprawling suburban neighborhoods.  There are more monorails and lifts where the old interstate highway systems once were.  Airships now supplement the once major airlines we had back 2014.  Steam engines are in vogue once again as the prevalent fossil fuels decreased in demand.  Now, even The States themselves are trying to play catch-up with China as the new super power.
   “But, you know what has never changed Brother Albert? The heart of man is still just as wicked and corrupt as it has ever been; and the New World Government hasn’t changed that a bit either, my friend!  Isn‘t that right Bruce?”