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Well, if the future doesn't take care of itself, then I definitely won't be around to see it. ;)
And I don't know if my being around to see it would be a good thing. I can't imagine the distant future needing me any more than the present needs men like Nathan Bedford Forrest or any random ancient Roman gladiator.
What would the average educated person from 1800 think about today? How many things would they be horrified by? Let's see...
Interracial marriages?
Divorce being commonplace and accepted?
The Bible not being taught in schools?
Children talking back to their parents?
Pornography?
Women in the workforce?
Gay rights?
I'm sure that the list could go on and on, and I'd also expect that I'd be as horrified by our future as our ancestors would be by our present.
Incidentally an ancient Roman, gladiator or otherwise, would not be very surprised by any of the things you listed.
Yes, the Romans wouldn't be very disturbed by most of the above. Except the things about children and women, perhaps. They'd probably consider us too soft in a lot of ways...