Most dystopia's are what I call right-wing dystopias, that ask, what if those things traditionally considered conservative (military, free market, etc.) progress to extremes? What bad things could happen to the world? This one asks the same things about things that are considered liberal (political correctness, accommodation, deficit spending*). Mostly it's a good novel, though I wish he wouldn't have spent so much time on exposition. Would have kept it tighter and more effective without the editorializing I think. Also, occasionally he says something anachronistic or unconvincing, though I suppose the 'perfect game' of screw ups would have to happen for most literary dystopias to exist.

*Ha. Anyone remember that one guy, Bush?