In general, I don't know when inspiration will pop up.
In hindsight it may even seem inevitable that a socialist society will starve when it runs out of capitalists.
I do suspect that privacy was a passing fad.
I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.
As for AIDS, it's a plague. We are human, we get plagues. They come along every so often, kill off two thirds of the population; in the next generation it's a quarter; after that it's a childhood disease.
The reader has certain rights. He bought your story. Think of this as an implicit contract. He's entitled to be entertained, instructed, amused; maybe all three. If he quits in the middle, or puts the book down feeling his time has been wasted, you're in violation.