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Re:Chuck Yeager has died by claudeganon on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @12:00AM (#25342057)
Not to be pedantic, but Star Trek predicted that America would experience an extreme period of inequality and social decay in the 21st century, only finding its way out of its selfish, destructive ideology after being ravaged by nuclear war. Seems pretty accurate to me (minus the whole genetic engineering war interregnum, but who knows, it’s only 2020...)

https://www.startrek.com/news/ds9s-take-on-homelessness-is-a...

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Re:Chuck Yeager has died by remarkEon on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @01:20AM (#25342464)
Not sure why this is being downvoted, it's accurate. As far as predictions of the future go (or the past, as it were), Star Trek (DS9 in particular) got a lot of stuff right. Though I think Star Trek had Irish Unification happening in 2020 so we're already a bit behind.
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Re:Chuck Yeager has died by rgblambda on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @04:04AM (#25343303)
Star Trek predicted 2024 for Irish Unification.
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Re:Chuck Yeager has died by 35fbe7d3d5b9 on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @09:59AM (#25345992)
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Irish_Unification_of_20...

Tiocfaidh ár lá indeed.

Amusing that a date picked in 1990 could end up accurate when you consider shifting religious demographics in Northern Ireland and the potential impact of Britain leaving the EU.

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