Sweetie, lots of us grew up thinking that it was always going to be the Communists (which meant Russia and China) against the "Free World". If you have ever watched ST:TOS, there are certain episodes and references that reflect that idea--look at the attitude Chekov displays in some episodes, and then there was "The Omega Glory" featuring the Yangs and the Kohms! This was supposed to be the Federation, and Earth was supposed to have moved past all that--yet at the same time there are more than a few hints that the political/cultural divide had lingered on Earth much longer than it did in "real history"!
Even people whose job was to imagine a different future had trouble wrapping their minds around such a different world.
I remember a feeling of culture shock myself when the Berlin Wall came down and the Soviet Union failed. I was elated, and yet at the same time, shocked and confused that a state of affairs I had thought was more or less permanent had simply vanished away. I remember wondering what would happen now, and thinking maybe we were on our way to a much more enlightened and less dangerous world. Little did I know...
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Date: 2012-11-18 02:50 am (UTC)Even people whose job was to imagine a different future had trouble wrapping their minds around such a different world.
I remember a feeling of culture shock myself when the Berlin Wall came down and the Soviet Union failed. I was elated, and yet at the same time, shocked and confused that a state of affairs I had thought was more or less permanent had simply vanished away. I remember wondering what would happen now, and thinking maybe we were on our way to a much more enlightened and less dangerous world. Little did I know...