What in our world shows us Parable of the Sower as a possible future

One of the most important things to remember or to actually know, is that the world in Parable of the Sower reflects problems already happening in this world. What Octavia Butler does is exaggerate these problems to a scary and troubling extent. I think that to write a very believable story about a dystopian world, she used problems people already know or have heard about, and turn them into something that gives people the illusion that that is how the problem could get worse. Some of the elements that Octavia used to create a dystopia are: Crime, theft, drugs, lack of education for some people, gated communities, guards, violence, society that is falling apart, and homelessness on the poverty-stricken streets.