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En positiv fremtid

Anonymous

March 19, 2025

En positiv fremtid

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It's a beautiful day in the city. The smog and smoke particles from cars and oil burners are almost gone. The city's roofs shine from the solar panels mounted on every building. The power is free for those who make the roof available to the community and the rest is sold cheaply to industry. Energy is not something that is monetized, but a shared good. This is also due to the large ITER fusion reactors in each country.

The city is green. Trees and parks have spread and are used by the inhabitants who now work 30 hours a week. We laugh when we look back 15 years ago at all the time spent at work. The extra free time has created a boom in leisure activities and volunteering. Stress has decreased significantly in society and quality of life has increased.

The massive program to eliminate inequality in the EU has paid off; the richest are not as rich as they used to be and they don't lack anything, but with the poorest suddenly having money in their hands, crime has dropped to almost nothing and health care bills have fallen. People are happy.

War is a thing of the past. We found that peace and trade was better in the long run. Russia is starting to be accepted again after their apology to Ukraine and the world and they are experiencing a boom in their economy and tourism. Trump's regime never materialized and the next president apologized and changed things so that even Americans could get some of the welfare benefits that Europe gives its citizens.

Religion no longer rules the world. Secular societies based on science and humanism have finally trumped the Iron Age-based religious dogmas. Now man finally comes before the gods and equality and diversity flourish. Circumcision has become a choice for people of legal age, church bells no longer interfere with daily life, all religious communities pay taxes and the Danish Church has finally been freed from the state due to lack of support. They collect their own taxes and several churches have been transformed into cultural centers that everyone can use.

Environmentally, progress is slow. The Ministry of Fisheries and the Ministry of Agriculture have taken an incredibly hard line and have spent many resources on innovative solutions and restrictions on emissions and harmful fishing. Several zones in Denmark have been protected from industrial fishing and with the huge restoration effort, where the Green Tripartite proved to be just the start of an environmentally friendly revolution, life has returned to the sea and nature, wildlife and insects are thriving. These things have become a big part of Denmark's tourist experience.

Technology is booming. Robots help us in our everyday lives and advanced genetic engineering has doubled the human lifespan and eradicated many diseases, including cancer. We can now control unhealthy obesity much better and healthier and the increased health has reduced healthcare costs. We now have a healthcare system that can handle the needs of society without the health professionals suffering.

Education has become more widespread after the government's massive investment in public schools. It was discovered that a good primary school with small class sizes, more teachers and a strong focus on pedagogy in the children's free time, supported by many competent educators, prepared the children to become well-functioning citizens, as they gained both academic knowledge and social skills from an early age. Danish children are doing well.

The Danish Church has also been removed from primary schools. Christianity education has been changed to the subject "philosophy of life" and also includes non-religious beliefs. This has better equipped children to deal with the diversity of the world and create a better self-image of themselves. After the independence of the Church of England, the number of secular weddings and funerals has increased. It was Scotland that started this trend, which has now spread to the rest of Europe.

So the world has now taken the first deep steps towards a more peaceful world, with less war, a better environment and less human suffering. We have already started colonizing Mars and the discovery of life on some of Jupiter's moons has humbled us. We are not the only life in space. And with Earth as our safe and green base, we are finally technologically ready to conquer space beyond our own solar system.

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