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Ad astra per aspera.

Anonymous

March 19, 2025

Ad astra per aspera.

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Somewhere in Europe, not knowing how, though that doesn't matter, there was a spark that lit the torch of freedom. The answer to more than 2000 years of oppression of peoples. With that torch we burn the old system, its greed and its corruption, and on its ashes we erect a new Europe that is an example to the world. That makes us truly a synonym for tolerance, freedom, equality, and progress. A participatory democracy where European citizens decide our future without intermediaries. Twenty years where we have advanced more than in the previous hundred because society no longer has supporters of the status quo, and therefore neither anchors that weigh us down. Politics and politics are different, there is no longer the left or the right, populisms or nationalisms that once caused two world wars are now history. There are no clashes between the blue and red flags that on the other hand already made much that they had lost their color. Each issue is voted on independently through digital channels by all those citizens who wish to participate. What is not so is decided by scientists and experts. The prayers of professional politicians have been reduced to a minimum and replaced by people who from home and through their vote decide what should be the way forward. Without corrupt leaders, international conflicts have ended, there are no longer wars or poverty because resources are shared equally. It has been decided to establish a maximum limit to the wealth that can be treasured by a single individual. The right to housing is no longer just a forgotten clause in the Constitution but a reality, so that anyone who is not able to access one by his own means has in the act of an official protective housing concession until he can acquire one. There are no longer minimum pensions and higher pensions, we are all entitled to the same type of benefit. Freedom of expression and free access to culture are embodied and strengthened in a networkless internet. Copyright has been limited to a maximum of 12 years from which any literary or artistic work may circulate freely. Before that date the public also has access to it for free, but the authors receive a fair remuneration from the state based on the downloads and popularity ranking of said work. With this dies censorship and the dictatorship of Copyright. Public money is spent in a much more efficient way, there is no longer duplicity in public administrations, no senseless pharaonic works are made, investments with return are prioritized. The concessions of natural resources that were previously offered in derisory amounts to the private sector are now duly taxed proportionally on the income that companies earn from their exploitation. Thanks to the above, public debt is almost non-existent and taxes have been reduced to historical lows. Justice works independently but more logically, now doing justice is finally synonymous with doing what is right. The penalties for corruption in public office are exemplary. The same as those of any multinational that wants to enrich itself unintentionally at the expense of consumers. Europe is now 90% energy independent. Research in R&D has achieved that renewable energies cover practically all the demand of the continent. The lower energy prices allow public transport to be free. Pensioners have free energy for their homes. The economic bonanza means that we can allow ourselves to be more in solidarity with the developing countries, that we have gained specific weight in international politics, and that thanks to these funds and that influence we have been able to cut the once uncontrollable migratory flows. The Euro Army is a reality and protects our borders effectively, or acts in hot spots around the globe where they are needed. For example, eradicating piracy on maritime routes. We have made great progress in all fields and in all areas, social, economic, and scientific. We have overcome adversities of all kinds. In 2040 we still can not say that Europe is perfect, what if we can say emphatically is that every day that passes and every step we take more citizens of the Union feel or we are proud to be Europeans. Ad astra per aspera.

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hallo
kari.porttila@gmail.com
In 2030, there was a war in Europe involving the use of tactical nuclear weapons in a restricted area. As a result of the war, dozens of cities were destroyed, and nuclear pollution spread to the territories of warring parties and neutral countries under the influence of winds, causing a large number of civilian casualties. As the consequences became widely known throughout the world, the demand for a total ban on nuclear weapons arose. This led, especially in the nuclear powers, to the fall of governments and, in a few years, to the deactivation of nuclear weapons everywhere. In 2040, atomic power was harnessed exclusively for civilian use - mainly for the production of energy and heat. The main focus is on local small-scale power plants, whose patent rights are freely available to all countries. Fossil energy use has decreased significantly: or in very sparsely populated areas, it remains the most advantageous option overall. Even the smog that plagued China's big cities has practically disappeared. At the same time, green construction in urban areas has taken over the sector in almost every part of the world. The roofs of the apartment buildings are like gardens. The use of geothermal heat has become more common, while fields and forest squares covered with solar panels have been restored to their natural state. Wind farms are set up either at sea or further away from settlements, although higher installation and energy transmission costs cause critical debate.
hallo
denisgrnt@yahoo.ie
Here we are in 2040 I am now 83 years young and glad to be here the changes I have seen since times gone by are unleavable and let me explain some of them to you now. The government we now have work for the people and not themselves the wages now meet the cost of living needs, the fuel of petrol and diesel are now like gold dust to buy but the cars that run on these fuels now are nearly extinct and cost more than our EVs to buy now. Cleaner environment for us all to live in. The housing market is better now more houses are being built and at affordable costs not much poverty about at these times and we should thank god for that. Now some of the downfalls of this era are computers they control everything now we shop online now no more going to the supermarket the times of our local pubs are gone we are controlled by robots and AI this for me is hard to take I miss some of the old times open fires snow fall good summers and lots more are our times changing for better our worse YOU TELL ME.
hallo
Positive briller
I hope all the war in Europe will be over and the situation has calmed down again. I hope Europe's economy flourishes and trade across national borders just flows. I also hope that a lot has happened in the field of renewable energy with solar cells, wind turbines and hydrogen cars. I hope that hydrogen has become well intertwined in Europe
hallo
Brezkompromisna
I want a world without wars and terrorism, but the reality is that there will be more and more of this. Digital literacy will be much more developed, as will artificial intelligence. Future generations will be more protective of their environment and nature, as it shows us our teeth over the years and will even more remind us by 2040 that we are destroying it too much. The poor will be poorer, the rich will be richer.
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