"They really believed that?" What people 100 years from now will say about us...

[Imran Siddiqui]

... some believed that communism may be an answer
... believed that corporations were evil
... thought that the UN could be a successful peacekeeping organization
... were scared of new technology (cloning, etc)

[MichaeltheGreat]

You mean you weenie infidel optimists think anyone will be around here in 100 years?

[ranskaldan]

Originally posted by Sava
nice ranskaldan

Looking back at the last 100 years, I can't say that there will be many great "revolutions" that will force future generations to look down on us. Judging from some posts, I think you guys don't have a good grasp on history.

If anything, I think the posts about cloning and genetics are the most valid. I suspect if there is any major social/technological revolution, it will come from the Bio-Tech field.

Religion, politics, patriotism, etc... won't change much. They haven't historically. Fundamentalism is as old as religion itself. And as long as people still embrace faith and don't realize that humans created religion, well, it will be around.

Perhaps religion is a positive factor in keeping society together anyway. But we don't know that yet, do we, since we have never had a society based on no religion. (No, the Soviet Union does not count.)

[JohnT]

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[Stefu]

...won't blatantly steal threads from SDMB.

As long as we're stealing from SDMB, allow me to pilfer the comment which said that people in the future will obviously have found wrong everything I find wrong.

[Tuberski]

....will wonder why we thought Stefu was funny.

ACK!

[Sava]

the realization of this:

... believed that corporations were evil

in part led to this:

... some believed that communism may be an answer

In fairness, not all corporations are evil... just the vast majority of them.

You should also be fair Imran... Communism hasn't existed. The initial experiments failed because:
A. The people involved in it's creation were corrupt and weren't commited to the ideals
B. The country the experiment(s) took place were crap anyways

The only real things that political ideologies have taught me is that:
A. There are evil people, and just by sheer probability, they are bound to end up in government.
B. Power not only corrupts, but attracts the corrupted.
C. The only ideology you can push on people is an authoritative one (hint hint... democracy in MidEast and why war isn't the right way to go about it)

[Gnool]

... allowed America to conquer whoever they pleased.
... allowed corporations to have so much power
... didn't lock up conservatives who were holding back society
... thought that patriotism/nationalism and religious fundamentalism had nothing in common
... thought that because socialism didn't work in the first 100 years that it will never work

[alva]

....Had to work 1/3 of their life just to eat.

...Couldn't count in elections

...didn't look upon animals as their equal

...ate meat

...Were prepared to die for king and country or even god

...thought that bannin/neglicting was the same as soving it

...thought that no sex education equals no teen-pregnancy


Hmmp, this could be long list, stopping here before I get even more depressed

[Static Universe]

...had to sleep 1/3 of their life away

[alva]

[quote]Perhaps religion is a positive factor in keeping society together anyway. But we don't know that yet, do we, since we have never had a society based on no religion. (No, the Soviet Union does not count.)

[/q]
but 5000 years ago, it's sort of obsolete..

[Rufus T. Firefly]

...Really? SUVs? And people actually bought them?

[Tingkai]

They really believed:
- in creationism and that evolution was false
- that it was better to spend hours and hours arguing over the pros and cons of abortion, while ignoring the plight faced by children who were dying of malnutrion, lack of clean water, etc.
- That they could create mountains of garbage and other pollution without harming the environment
- That the solution to their problems was to blow someone up

And the number one thing that will really have people in the future saying "I can't believe that" is
- that people from around the world thought they could change other people's opinions on Apolyton.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Oerdin


It will be Boris. 100 years from now it will be as common and as accepted as Mendel's hybreeds are today. The benifits will be so great and the population grow will put us in such need that it is a question of when and not if.

I said I agreed, what more do you want?!

[JohnT]

Stefu: Is it true that your name is a re-wording of STFU!!!!!????