A toast to not repeating history's mistakes

Anonymous

November 29, 2024

A toast to not repeating history's mistakes

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Dear future self,
We are currently living in times of great civil unrest. We see the atrocities committed around the world driven by a quest for more power, resources, productivity, success at the cost of another. Inequity is rampant and we are all victims of this as we live lives hoping for financial and physical freedom near the end of it.

Dear future self,
I hope you are living in a time post a transformation, with a new world order. I hope you are living in a time where transparency is rampant in political decision making and equity truely thrives. I hope you are living in a time where historically marginalised groups can represent themselves when policies and corporate decisions affect them (both positively and negatively). I hope you are living in a time where we are aware of and taking care of both the negative and positive externalities of our human actions on nature, where circularity is the norm and that we are truely regenerative - leaving a place thriving further than how we found it. I hope you are living in a time where the knowledge of traditional custodians of the land is prioritised, and a mind-body-spirit-place connection is restored. I hope technology is leveraged for the collective good, rather than a tool to build wealth for a few. I hope community has replaced the individualism that currently seeks to divide and conquer us. And I hope that colonialism in a macro scale, a micro scale, and in our minds is abolished and that we have learned from history's mistakes not to repeat its narratives.

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The situation in Europe from a security point of view has improved - there is a strong "European" army capable of deterring Russia from carrying out further outbursts. Russia is no longer ruled by Putin or his political cronies, and Siberia has separated from Russia as a separate state entity. Europe - after the breakup of the European Union, the influence of Islam in its western states has intensified - there are representatives of Islamist political parties in its parliaments and there is increasing pressure to declare caliphates in individual countries. In the eastern countries, more democratic conditions of governance have been maintained, but the main problem here is not Islamism but the tendency towards an absolutist form of government. Following the revocation of Green Deal policies, the Czech Republic is facing a number of lawsuits from solar operators. The resulting Ukrainian political party is growing in influence.

Sme generácia, ktorá prestala myslieť na seba.

In 2040, people are not starving, there is a lack of finance, and the food in the shops is not like that of millionaires. Children play in parks, they don't deal with phones, wifi or social networks. Old people walk happily in the streets because they know the state is not robbing them of their pensions. Cancer will disappear from the world, a cure has been found. Humanity is building again but not for the benefit of itself but for the benefit of the earth. A million eco-friendly stations are built. Electricity in houses is free because the largest solar field has been built. Warehouses have been abolished. Waste has been separated and reused. We live in a year when the best breathing is outdoors. When the sun does not cause allergies. When natural disasters have ceased. There is no tornado, there is no flood. And the economy is thriving, we have plenty of water and plenty of sunshine. Every year it gets better and better. We don't have sun scorched fields and we don't have swamps from soils. We are a generation that has stopped thinking about ourselves, we are a generation that has started thinking about the land. We are the best thing since 1900. Maybe that kind of simple thinking has helped us. When we connected the past with the future, so that life would be in symbiosis. So that we could give and take without minus losses. And that's how I would end it. It's a better future not only for people but for the earth.

Užívať si dôchodok, vnúčatá

A life of peace, without much influence of AI and robots.a life with grandchildren and not being alone. To have good health and not to be dependent on other people's help.To travel and explore Slovakia and the world in my free time. To see how my children are doing in their personal and procedural life.not to have turmoil and wars in Europe.not to exaggerate life Slovakia will still be a part of advanced Europe.

Nove Slovensko s lepšim porstredim

For the future of our country I wish the political situation to improve. That everyone should have equal rights without exception of gender orientation or other opinion. Today's situation is very poor in this respect and I therefore wish it to improve. I also wish that our government would be more concerned about people and less concerned about itself. I wish that nature continues to grow and that global warming does not get worse. The financial situation of our country is not so bad, but I wish that some jobs or teachers and others would get higher salaries. On the whole, as long as I try and work on our country and do not give up, I think we could look forward to a better future. Because I, too, as a young woman, want a good future for my future children.

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