Collapse of Society According to Dick and Jane

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Grace Budrys brilliantly reimagines Dick and Jane-not as cheerful learners but as voices of conscience in a crumbling 2031. Their world dominated by privatization and corporate rule mirrors our own as governments lose control and democracy erodes under profit's shadow.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In 2025 Budrys warnings strike with uncanny force. From healthcare and education to AI and energy global power is shifting to corporations echoing her vision of a world where accountability vanishes and survival becomes a business.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Her genius lies in turning childhood innocence into searing social satire. Collapse of Society According to Dick and Jane is both haunting and timely-a sharp mirror to our age of monopolies misinformation and moral decay. Budrys reminds us: collapse doesn't begin with war but with surrendering our voice.</span></p>