As we celebrate Star Trek let's remember that the utopian future it portrays only happens after a war that kills most of the planet
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Star Trek predicted the world would only unite to stop Nazi supermen, then they'd turn on each other and nuke the world anyway
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Then, after nearly everyone is dead, we have world peace (forced on us by aliens)
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And this is probably the most optimistic modern sci fi franchise
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Gene Roddenberry couldn't imagine a realistic way to get to a better world without blowing it all up and starting over
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(Btw if you're a DS9 fan the reason baseball "dies" is because of the war & it's kind of fucked up baseball is the main thing Sisko mourns)
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(I mean they probably also canceled the Super Bowl, the World Cup and the Constitution but yes the last ever World Series is sad)
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