• Nakoichi [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    In star trek FDR's plan for friendly relations with the USSR went through, the Sino-Soviet split never happens and the USSR isn't toppled by a cold war.

    I've never actually watched much of the show this is just the scenario I imagine that would have made it possible.

    • Commander_Data [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      No, even turbo-optimist Gene Roddenberry couldn't imagine a future where the world's trajectory in 1966 led to humanity adopting a collectivist perspective. There was a horrible war fought against genetically enhanced superhumans and then a full scale nuclear exchange between the east and west that resulted in 1/3 of the planet being wiped out before humans abandoned capitalism.