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You know, I get the sense Roddenberry and co. thought of WW3, riots, and so on were inevitable but had the hope that eventually mankind would get over it. Too bad the latter is probably the less likely part of that prophecy.
Humans gonna human, unfortunately. 😭
The eugenics war? Don't worry, Colossal is working on it.
Well, we are still not in a nuclear war.
And anyway, the way mankind gets over it is the largest deus ex machina ever created in sci-fi. So, don't count on it either.
If you look at history, major events tend to swing like a pendulum, big swing authoritarian then a big swing anti-authoritarian. After the anti-authoritarian swing society tends to keep the more liberal ideals when the pendulum returns to the center.
Not saying we'll see the united earth or star trek ideals in our lifetime, but as long as we don't nuke ourselves out of existence future generations might.