Return to Glory
ShortStory 3,979 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"There could not have been a better time to be alive. Every nation on the planet had evolved into a democracy, we hadn’t been tangled in a war for over a hundred years, and technology had removed virtually every possibility of poverty. Work if you like, go golfing, or spend your time on the front porch."
Quasar links out; the story lives on Asimov's, where the author gets the click.