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Ένα αισιόδοξο μέλλον

Anonymous

March 19, 2025

Ένα αισιόδοξο μέλλον

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The United States of America after failed attempts by its presidents to annex Greenland, Canada, Mexico and other countries of the world has collapsed economically. Their products no longer resonate in the world. Hollywood tainies and their writers in the prose of a third grader are not even heard. The rest of the world is again appreciating the classic great directors like Bergman, Godard, Dreyer and young directors who have now emerged and their readings range from Flaubert to Beckett to Fosse. The new superpower is now China, but it does not intervene politically in the rest of the world. Since the collapse of the Americans the world has gained a much higher level of education and culture. This has led to a flourishing of the arts and letters. A new, shall we say, renaissance, but this time on a global level. Eventually shortly after 2040 China, and while it has already bought up all the sovereign debt of the United States, which is now unable to get involved financially, gains control of the United States and makes it their protectorate. The future now looks very optimistic.

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Un mondo migliore, forse ma non credo
I would like to be in a world that has rediscovered solidarity, civil coexistence, where a great brother who exploits the world economically does not reign and governs, inventing scourges, pestilences, wars and conflicts, forcing humanity to suffer prohibitions, impositions, restrictions, controls and humiliations. But unfortunately this will not be possible, as long as we survive the climate catastrophe.
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In a better place
We have come a long way since 2025. Now that there are over 40 countries in the EU and it is over 10 years since the UK rejoined, it is hard to believe that there have been no major wars in 20 years. Reformation of the Commission has led to it being much more representative of the smaller countries and the overall economy is more stable. There are still some climate change issues to deal with but things are definitely stabilising over the last 10 years.
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In the year 2040 nobody drives combustion cars anymore. Public transport has improved a lot in recent years, now all vehicles are electric and eco-sustainable, there are many connections between cities and countries and a great time availability. Nobody has a private car because it is not practical, when in 5 minutes you have available a transport that takes you to your destination quickly, efficiently and for free! Renewable energies have become the standard. Thanks to this and other changes, climate change has been slowed down. Companies have substantially reduced their emissions of harmful gases, including CO2, and have stopped using non-renewable packaging in their products. Thousands of species have been saved worldwide, especially marine species, and the seas have been repopulated. In the year 2040, society's main concern is not its future, but what it is going to do on the weekend with all its free time, since it now only works from Monday to Thursday. What I have described is not a possible future right now, but it could be if politicians take the right measures, it just needs the will to change. The future of Europe is the future of all of us, it is the future of the planet.
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