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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Friday January 20 2017, @02:13PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Friday January 20 2017, @02:13PM (#456534) Journal

    I tend to think we presently live in what is probably the best time ever to be alive. You're probably right about violence and corruption being worse in previous times.

    But people have not changed. And will not change. Ultimately everyone is greedy for limited resources. Unless we can create enough wealth (eg, resources, food, housing, smartphones, etc) to satiate all of that greed, there will be human conflict.

    As for the utopia of the Trek universe, yes, I enjoy that. That is the world I would like to live in. But I think it is a fantasy that can never be unless we had some of the kinds of technology of Trek. Even then, the trek universe seems to have plenty of conflict. People competing for power. Position. Title. There will probably still be plagiarism. It is highly likely there would be conflict over the affections of other people.

    Nonetheless, I like the utopia of Trek. It's just that after many years of it, I found B5 a refreshing view of what will probably be reality.

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